Robert R. Jackson
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Robert R. Jackson (b. September 1, 1870 in Malta, Illinois - June 12, 1942) was a Republican state legislator in Illinois.[1][2][3] Jackson was educated in the Chicago public school system until leaving school to care for family after the eighth grade.[2] Prior to his tenure in the legislature held roles as a newspaper salesman, postal service employee, elevator operator and baseball team owner.
Career
Jackson's twenty-one year tenure at the Chicago Postal System included twelve years as assistant superintendent at Armour station, at the time the highest role held by a Black man in the Chicago postal system.[3] Jackson was also a veteran of the Spanish-American War when his National Guard regiment, Illinois' Eighth was activated to Cuba.[3]
In 1910, Jackson cofounded the Leland Giants, Chicago's first African-American baseball team, with Beauregard F. Mosely and later served a two-year term as Commissioner of the Negro American League.[1] When Jackson left the postal system to return to the print business, his Fraternal Press was believed to be the largest printing business owned by a Black person.[4]
Jackson was elected to the Illinois legislature in 1912, he was seated just a short time before the legislature adjourned sine die. Speaker McKinley appointed Jackson to roles on a number of committees including federal relations, military affairs, and more.[3] Jackson was re-elected in 1914 and 1916 and was a part of Illinois' first state film censorship law.[5][4] He served as an alderman in Chicago City Council for the Second and Third Wards from 1918-1939 after his time as a state legislator was term limited.[4][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Robert R. Jackson". American national biography online. Oxford University Press. 2000. OCLC 1003238948. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ a b c Williams, Erma Brooks (2008). Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7618-4018-3.
- ^ a b c d "The Broad Ax 5 August 1916 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.
- ^ a b c "Major Robert R. Jackson; Residence of Major and Mrs. Jackson; 3366 South Park Avenue". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ Scott, Ellen C. (2012). "Black "Censor," White Liberties: Civil Rights and Illinois's 1917 Film Law". American Quarterly. 64 (2): 219–247. ISSN 0003-0678.