John Jay Jackson Jr.

Personal

Birthday: 
8/4/1824
Birthplace: 
Parkersburg, VA (now WV)
Date of Death: 
9/2/1907
Place of Death: 
Atlantic City, NJ
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1847-1848
Prosecutor, Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1848
Commonwealth attorney, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1849-1850
Private practice, Wood County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1850-1851
State delegate, Virginia, 1851-1855
Private practice, Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1855-1861

Education

Name of School: 
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree Year: 
1845
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1847

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Court Name: 

Virginia Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Abraham Lincoln
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
08/03/1861
Termination Date: 
06/10/1864
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, District of West Virginia
Commission Date - Second: 
06/11/1864
Termination Date - Second: 
7/1/1901
Termination Reason - Second: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Court Name - Third: 

West Virginia Northern District Court

Commission Date - Third: 
7/1/1901
Termination Date - Third: 
3/15/1905
Termination Reason - Third: 
Retirement