United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.099831757/1806The leading Jeffersonian Republican in post-Revolutionary Georgia, U.S. senator James Jackson resigned his seat and returned home to handle the Yazoo land fraud scandal in 1795. The following year he led a successful effort in the Georgia legislature to pass the Yazoo Rescinding Act, which nullified the corrupt land sales.Illustration of James Jackson. He is depicted in profile. He wears a dress jacket and a white shirt with a ruffled front. The leading Jeffersonian Republican in post-Revolutionary Georgia, U.S. senator James Jackson resigned his seat and returned to his home state to handle the Yazoo land fraud scandal in 1795.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/james-jackson-1757-1806Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/james-jackson-1757-1806Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGovernors--GeorgiaLawyers--Georgia--SavannahLegislators--United StatesStatesmen--Georgia--SavannahPoliticians--Georgia--SavannahJackson, James, 1757-1806James JacksonStillImage