Donald L. Jackson

Who was Donald L. Jackson?

Donald Lester Jackson 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 major 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. 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.

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.