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James "Left Eye" Jackson (September 21, 1757–March 19, 1806) was an early Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

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 politician
Politician

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 of the Democratic-Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

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. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

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 from 1789 until 1791. He was also a U.S. Senator
United States Senate

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 from Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 from 1793 to 1795 then from 1801 until his death, and was Governor of Georgia
List of Governors of Georgia

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 from 1798 to 1801. Jackson was well known as a duel
Duel

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ist with a fiery temper. Jackson County, Georgia
Jackson County, Georgia

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . The population in 2000 was 41,589. Explosive growth is evident with a population of 59,254 in the 2007 Census estimates ....
 is named in his honor.

son was born in Moretonhampstead
Moretonhampstead

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, Devon
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shire, England
England

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James "Left Eye" Jackson (September 21, 1757–March 19, 1806) was an early Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 of the Democratic-Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans, but sometimes as Democrats....
. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
 from 1789 until 1791. He was also a U.S. Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 from Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 from 1793 to 1795 then from 1801 until his death, and was Governor of Georgia
List of Governors of Georgia

The following is a list of Governors of the U.S. state of Georgia and governors of the Province of Georgia....
 from 1798 to 1801. Jackson was well known as a duel
Duel

As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies, a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with their combat doctrines....
ist with a fiery temper. Jackson County, Georgia
Jackson County, Georgia

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . The population in 2000 was 41,589. Explosive growth is evident with a population of 59,254 in the 2007 Census estimates ....
 is named in his honor.

Early life

Jackson was born in Moretonhampstead
Moretonhampstead

Moretonhampstead is a fairly small market town and civil parish in Devon, England. It lies on the edge of Dartmoor and is notable for having the longest one-word name of any place in England....
, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
shire, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. He immigrated to Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
 in 1772. During the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

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, he served in the Georgia Militia
1st Brigade Georgia Militia

The 1st Brigade Georgia Militia was raised for service with the Continental Army as part of the Georgia Militia. The regiment was disbanded....
 at the defense of Savannah, the Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Cowpens

}|-||}The Battle of Cowpens was an decisive victory by American Revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War of the American Revolutionary War....
, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah. After the war, he built up his law practice in Savannah. He was elected to the first Georgia state legislature
Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia . It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate....
. In 1788, Jackson was elected governor of Georgia, but declined the position, citing his inexperience.

In 1789, Jackson was elected to the First United States Congress. As what would later come to be known as a Jeffersonian Republican, he vigorously opposed Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Fathers of the United States, economist, and political philosopher. He led calls for the Philadelphia Convention, was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and cowrote the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation....
's financial plans for federal assumption of the states' debts from the Revolutionary War. He was also strongly opposed to efforts to curtail slavery
Slavery

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. In the election of 1791, he was defeated for re-election to his seat by Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of Brigadier general and the sobriquet of "Mad Anthony"....
. Jackson was convinced that Wayne had not won his seat fairly, so he mounted a campaign against Wayne and his supporters, finally succeeding in removing Wayne from Congress.

Senator and Governor

Jackson was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1793. Meanwhile, the state of Georgia sold a large portion of its western lands, called Yazoo
Yazoo land scandal

The Yazoo Land Scandal, Yazoo Fraud or Yazoo Land Fraud was a massive fraud perpetrated by several Georgia governors and the state legislature from 1795 to 1803 by selling large tracts of land to insiders at absurdly low prices....
, to a group of investors. Jackson, believing that the sale was influenced by bribery of state legislatures, resigned his post in the Senate to run for a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1795. He won the election and began to lead a campaign to repeal the Yazoo land sale. In 1798, he won the election for governor of Georgia and proceeded to implement the legislation repealing the Yazoo land sale. Jackson placed blame for the Yazoo land fraud on his political enemies, the Federalists
Federalist Party (United States)

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. He built the Georgia Democratic-Republican party and led it to statewide dominance.

Jackson was re-elected to the Senate in 1801 and served until his death in 1806. He is buried in the Congressional Cemetery
Congressional Cemetery

The Congressional Cemetery is an historic cemetery located at 1801 E Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., on the bank of the Anacostia River. It is the final resting place of hundreds of individuals who helped form the nation and the city of Washington in the early 19th century....
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Legacy

Jackson was the first person in what was to become a political dynasty in Georgia. His son, Jabez Young Jackson
Jabez Young Jackson

Jabez Young Jackson was a U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia .Jackson was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of James Jackson , and later uncle of James Jackson ....
, was a Representative from Georgia in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth United States Congress. James Jackson's grandson, also named James Jackson
James Jackson (congressman)

James Jackson was a United States Representative from Georgia , a judge advocate in the American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia ....
, was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, a judge advocate on the staff of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E....
, and a trustee of the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
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