Mortimer M. Jackson

Who was Mortimer M. Jackson?

Mortimer Melville Jackson was an American Whig politician and diplomat from Wisconsin.

Born in Rensselaerville, New York, Jackson was educated in New York City, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was also involved with the Whig Party. In 1838, Jackson moved to Mineral Point, Wisconsin Territory, where he practiced law, involving the lead mining industry. In 1842, Wisconsin Territorial Governor James Duane Doty appointed Jackson Wisconsin Territorial Attorney General and he served until 1846. In 1848, Jackson was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and also served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, until the court was formed in 1853. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Jackson United States Consul in Canada until 1882, when Jackson retired and return to Madison, Wisconsin, where he died.