- William Schuyler Jackson
William Schuyler Jackson (d.
November 23 ,1932 Jamaica, Queens ,New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He was the son of D. G. Jackson, a lawyer from Tonawanda, NY.In 1892, he married a daughter of Buffalo shoe dealer T. B. Staley. They had two children.
He was First Assistant District Attorney of Erie County when he was elected
New York State Attorney General on the Democratic and theIndependence League tickets in November 1906. In February 1907, when he was just a month in office, his wife retained Edward E. Coatsworth (the former law partner ofWilliam F. Sheehan ,Charles F. Tabor andJohn Cunneen ) and announced she would sue for divorce. Two days later, they reconciled.In 1920, he sent a letter to Governor
Al Smith , protesting against the expulsion of five Socialist members (among themLouis Waldman andSam Dewitt ) from theNew York State Assembly .ources
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9503EEDB1631E733A2575AC0A9679D946797D6CF] The AG elect, in NYT on November 8, 1906
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04E1DC1731E733A25756C2A9649D946797D6CF] His appointments, in NYT on December 25, 1906
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9805EED7153EE033A25755C0A9649C946697D6CF] The suit for divorce announced, in NYT on February 6, 1907
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9806E5D6153EE033A2575BC0A9649C946697D6CF] The reconciliation, in NYT on February 8, 1907
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F00E2DF103AE033A25757C2A9679C946195D6CF] His letter to al Smith, in NYT on January 24, 1920
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson9.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html] List of New York Attorneys General, at Office of the NYSAGExternal links
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