. Mayor of Lake Forest, 1906-1909
• City attorney from 1909-1911
• President of First National Bank in Lake Forest
• Lake Forest Day began in 1908 to raise money for the construction of a contagious hospital to supplement Alice Home Hospital
• Chairman of Republican County Central Committee, 1906-1908
• Atteridge Road South, including West Park, annexed
• As Justice of the Peace he swore in six Northwestern students as constables to assist in a raid on a Highwood tavern because of the sale of liquor and gambling there
• First president of North Shore Sanitary Association, formed to solve the problems of poor sanitation in Lake Forest.
The 1912 History of Lake County states, "Jackson was educated at the High School of Wilmington, Lake Forest Academy, Cornell University, Lake Forest University, and Northwestern Law School. He located in Lake Forest in 1890, where he has since resided, practicig law in Chicago and Lake Forest since 1901....He was a candidate for the State legislature in 1908 and 1910. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is unmarried". p. 513.
. Mayor of Lake Forest, 1906-1909
• City attorney from 1909-1911
• President of First National Bank in Lake Forest
• Lake Forest Day began in 1908 to raise money for the construction of a contagious hospital to supplement Alice Home Hospital
• Chairman of Republican County Central Committee, 1906-1908
• Atteridge Road South, including West Park, annexed
• As Justice of the Peace he swore in six Northwestern students as constables to assist in a raid on a Highwood tavern because of the sale of liquor and gambling there
• First president of North Shore Sanitary Association, formed to solve the problems of poor sanitation in Lake Forest.
The 1912 History of Lake County states, "Jackson was educated at the High School of Wilmington, Lake Forest Academy, Cornell University, Lake Forest University, and Northwestern Law School. He located in Lake Forest in 1890, where he has since resided, practicig law in Chicago and Lake Forest since 1901....He was a candidate for the State legislature in 1908 and 1910. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is unmarried". p. 513.
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