Donald L. Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Donald L. Jackson

American politician

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1910

Place of Birth: Ipswich, South Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 27-May-1981

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Donald L. Jackson

  • Donald Lester Jackson (January 23, 1910 – May 27, 1981) was a U.S.
  • Representative from California. Born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, South Dakota, Jackson attended the public schools of South Dakota and California. He served as a private in the United States Marine Corps from 1927 to 1931 and again from 1940 until discharged as a colonel in 1945 with two years' combat service overseas.
  • He engaged in public relations, and worked as a reporter and editor in Santa Monica, California, from 1938 to 1940.
  • He served as director of publicity for the city of Santa Monica, in 1939 and 1940. Jackson was a congressional adviser at the ninth conference of American States at Bogotá, Colombia in 1948 and was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961).
  • His congressional service included the House Un-American Activities Committee, and a notable role in accusing Methodist Bishop G.
  • Bromley Oxnam of engaging in communist activities.
  • He was not a candidate for renomination in 1960. Jackson was appointed to the House Un-American Activities Committee to replace future president Richard Nixon, who had just been elected to the United States Senate.He worked as a radio and television commentator from 1960 to 1968, and was appointed by President Nixon as a commissioner on Interstate Commerce Commission in 1969. Jackson resided in Sosua, Dominican Republic, West Indies, until his death in Bethesda, Maryland, May 27, 1981.
  • He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

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