Hancock Lee Jackson
Politician
1796 – 1876
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Who was Hancock Lee Jackson?
Hancock Lee Jackson was an American lawyer and politician. As Lieutenant Governor he became the 13th Governor of Missouri in 1857, taking office after previous Democratic Governor Trusten Polk resigned on February 27, 1857. Jackson was succeeded by fellow Democrat Robert Marcellus Stewart. Receiving the support of one faction of the Democratic Party in the 1860 gubernatorial election, this Jackson finished third in a race won by Claiborne Fox Jackson.
Jackson was born in 1796 in Richmond, Kentucky, and died in 1876 in Salem, Oregon.
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- Born
- May 12, 1796
Madison County - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Salem
- Died
- Mar 19, 1876
Salem
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on July 23, 2013
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