Howell Edmunds Jackson

Howell Edmunds Jackson was an American jurist and politician. He served on the United States Supreme Court, in the U.S. Senate, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Tennessee House of Representatives. He authored notable opinions on the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman AntiTrust Act. Justice Jackson was the first to bring a law school graduate with him to serve as his secretaryclerk on the Supreme Court James Clark McReynolds, who later also became a Supreme Court Justice.

Jackson was born in Paris, Tennessee to Alexander Jackson, a doctor, and Mary Jackson, the daughter of a Baptist minister, both natives of Virginia. Among his siblings was William Hicks Jackson. The family moved to Jackson, Tennessee when Howell was eight. There his father was elected as a Whig to the state legislature and subsequently as Jacksons mayor.

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