Harry C. Jackson

Harry Cook Jackson (born July 23, 1915 in Columbus, Georgia;[1] died February 12, 2000)[2] was an American politician [3] ( Democratic Party).[3]

Life

Jackson graduated from Auburn University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering . Jackson was now working as an engineer. Furthermore, he received in 1952 his admission as a lawyer.[1]

From 1961 he was a member of the Senate of Georgia for 12 years.[3] During this time he held there for two terms the post of president pro tempore.[3] In 1974, he ran unsuccessfully for a nomination for the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election of the Governor of Georgia.[2] In August 1978 he took again a democratic primary part, this time to prepare Kandidatens in the upcoming mayoral election in Columbus, Georgia and repressed while his party colleague Jack P. Mickle , who had sought the nomination for a second four-year term.[4] After Jackson was able to win the next mayoral election also, he held the office from 1979 to 1982.[5] Jackson was from 1985 a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Ports Authority , and was elected in September 1994 as its Chairman.[6]

References
  1. Georgia's Official and Statistical Register (Department of Archives and History, 1965)
  2. Ken Rudin: In Memoriam, 31. Dezember 2000, www.washingtonpost.com
  3. SR 600 - Hon. Harry Cook Jackson - regrets at passing, 23. Februar 2000, Internetseite der Georgia General Assembly
  4. Rome News-Tribune, 28. August 1978
  5. List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia , website of the city of Columbus
  6. Ports Authority Chairman elected Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, 11. September 1994, Savannah News-Press
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