William Jackson
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In politics
- William Jackson (Massachusetts)William Jackson (Massachusetts)William Jackson was a United States Representative from Massachusetts who lived at the Jackson Homestead....
(1783–1855), US Congressman from Massachusetts - William Jackson (secretary)William Jackson (secretary)William Jackson was a figure in the American Revolution, most noteworthy as the secretary to the United States Constitutional Convention. He also served with distinction in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War...
, Secretary to the Philadelphia Convention and member of the U.S. Continental Army - William Jackson (Canadian politician)William Jackson (Canadian politician)William Jackson was a Canadian politician.Born in Port Stanley, Canada West, Jackson was educated at the High School of St. Thomas and the Ontario Business College in...
, Canadian Member of Parliament - William A. JacksonWilliam A. JacksonWilliam A. Jackson was a spy for the Union forces during the American Civil War. A household slave and coachman of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, he observed communications between Davis and other Confederate officials...
, a Black Dispatches spy during the American Civil War - William Harding JacksonWilliam Harding JacksonWilliam Harding Jackson was a U.S. civilian administrator, New York lawyer, and investment banker who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Jackson also served briefly under President Dwight D...
, former United States National Security Advisor - William Humphreys JacksonWilliam Humphreys JacksonWilliam Humphreys Jackson represented Maryland's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1909. His son, William P. Jackson, was a U.S. Senator from Maryland....
, former Congressman from Maryland - William P. JacksonWilliam P. JacksonWilliam Purnell Jackson was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1912-1914. His father, William Humphreys Jackson, was a U.S...
, former member of the United States Senate from Maryland - William Schuyler Jackson, New York State Attorney General, 1907–1908
- William T. JacksonWilliam T. JacksonWilliam Trayton Jackson was an American politician. He served as mayor of Toledo, Ohio between 1928 and 1931.-External links:*...
(1876–1933), former mayor of Toledo, Ohio - William Terry JacksonWilliam Terry JacksonWilliam Terry Jackson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Chester, New York, Jackson attended the common schools and later studied surveying....
(1794–1882), U.S. Representative from New York - Sir William Jackson, 1st BaronetSir William Jackson, 1st BaronetSir William Jackson, 1st Baronet was an English industrialist, railway entrepreneur and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1847 and 1868.-Early life:...
(1805–1876), British MP for Newcastle under Lyme and Derbyshire North - William Jackson, 1st Baron AllertonWilliam Jackson, 1st Baron AllertonWilliam Lawies Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(1840–1917), English politician, Member of Parliament for Leeds - William Jackson, 1st Baron JacksonWilliam Jackson, 1st Baron JacksonWilliam Frederick Jackson, 1st Baron Jackson was a British fruit farmer from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire who was noted for his scientific cultivation of a range of fruits...
(1893–1954), Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire 1939–1945 - William Jackson (New Zealand)William Jackson (New Zealand)William Jackson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikato electorate from 1872 to 1875, when he retired....
((1832-1889), New Zealand politician
Military
- William Jackson (pirate)William Jackson (pirate)William Jackson was an English privateer who, based in Guanaja and Roatan , was in the service of the Providence Island Company from 1639 until around 1641. During that year, he captured a Spanish slave ship at the port of and received a ransom of 8,000 pounds of indigo as well as 2,000...
, British pirate - William Jackson (Victoria Cross)William Jackson (Victoria Cross)John William Alexander Jackson VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- William Hicks JacksonWilliam Hicks JacksonWilliam Hicks "Red" Jackson was a cotton planter, horse breeder, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
(1835–1903), Confederate general from Tennessee - Sir William Jackson (British Army officer), British general, Governor of Gibraltar, military historian, and author
Other
- William Jackson (bishop)William Jackson (bishop)William Jackson was an Anglican cleric, serving as bishop of Oxford and Clerk of the Closet....
(1751-1816), bishop of Oxford - William Jackson (Scottish composer) (born c. 1952), Scottish composer
- William Jackson (curler)William Jackson (curler)William Kilgour Jackson was a Scottish curler. He was the Skip of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924....
, Scottish winner of the first Olympic gold medal in curling, Chamonix, 1924 - William Henry JacksonWilliam Henry JacksonWilliam Henry Jackson was an American painter, Civil War, geological survey photographer and an explorer famous for his images of the American West...
, early photographer of the American West - William Jackson (gangster), loan shark, enforcer and murder victim
- William K. Jackson, architect and co-founder of KBJ ArchitectsKBJ ArchitectsKBJ Architects, Inc. is an American architectural firm based in Jacksonville, Florida. The firm designed 17 of the city's 30 tallest buildings and "created Jacksonville's modern skyline", according to The Florida Times-Union newspaper. The firm designed the first high-rise in downtown...
- William Jackson (engineer)William Jackson (engineer)William Jackson was the Boston, Massachusetts city engineer from 1885 to 1910. He was responsible for a number of the major bridges in the city, including Harvard Bridge, Longfellow Bridge, and Charlestown Bridge....
, Boston, Massachusetts city engineer from 1885-1910 - William Jackson (footballer)William Jackson (footballer)William James Jackson was a Welsh footballer. His regular position was as an inside forward. He was born in Flint, Flintshire. He played for Flint, Rhyl, St Helens Recreation, Newton Heath, Barrow, Burnley, Wigan County and Chester, where he made his debut in an 8–0 win over Rhyl in October...
(1876–1954), Newton Heath F.C., Burnley F.C. and Wales international footballer - William Jackson (organist born 1730)William Jackson (organist born 1730)William Jackson was an English organist and composer.Jackson was born and died in Exeter, England. He was a pupil of Sylvester, the organist of Exeter Cathedral, and of J. Travers in London. After teaching for years at Exeter, he became organist and choirmaster at the cathedral in 1777...
- William Jackson (organist born 1815)William Jackson (organist born 1815)William Jackson was an English organist and composer. A self-taught musician, he became organist at Masham in 1832. He won first prize in the Huddersfield Glee Club in 1840. In 1852, he established a music business and became organist of St. John's Church at Bradford...
- William Jackson (priest) (1838–1931), Rector of Exeter College, Oxford
See also
- Bill Jackson (disambiguation)Bill Jackson (disambiguation)Bill Jackson or Billy Jackson may refer to:* Bill Jackson , American television personality, cartoonist and educator* Bill Jackson , contemporary English photographer...
- Willie Jackson (disambiguation)
- Will Jackson (disambiguation)