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fered a series of resolutions eulogizing General Jackson and "lamenting, in common with our fellow citizens of the Union, his death." The resolutions were seconded by Benjamin F. But- ler, supported bj^ Daniel Webster, and carried, only three votes being recorded against them. An equestrian statue of General Jackson was erected by order of congress in Jackson square, Washington, D.C., the first public statue ever erected by order of congress to a citizen of the United States. In 1856 the Hermitage was pur- chased by the state of Tennessee, intending to offer it to the United States as a site for a mili- tary academy. In selecting names to be placed in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, in October, 1900, Jackson's in " Class M, Rulers and Statesmen," received forty-nine votes, two less than necessary to secure a place, and the same number of votes as received by Calhoun. Those selected were in the order of preference: Wash- ington, Lincoln, Webster, Franklin, Jefferson, Clay and John Adams. His principal biographers are: John H. Eaton, Philo A. Goodwin, William Cobbett, Amos Kendall, James Parton, William O. Sumner and Oliver Dyer. He died at the Her- mitage, Tennessee, June 8, 1845.

JACKSON, Charles, lawyer, was born in New- buryport, Mass., May 31, 1775; son of the Hon. Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson, and grandson of Edward and Dorothy (Quinc}-) Jack- son, and of Capt. Patrick Tracy. He was grad- uated at Harvard at the head of the class of 1793; studied law with Theophilus Parsons, and was admitted to the bar in 1796, practising in New- buryport, 1796-1803, and in Boston in partnership with Samuel Hubbard, 1803-13. He was a judge of the supreme court of the state, 1813-24; mem- ber of the state constitutional convention of 1820, of the commission to codify the state laws, 1833, chairman of the commission and author of the second part of the " Revised Statutes." He was an overseer of Harvard, 1816-25; received the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1821, and was a fellow, 1825-34. He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Massachusetts Historical society. He is the author of: Pleadings and Pr'actice in Real Actions (1828). He died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 13, 1855.

JACKSON, Charles, governor of Rhode Island, was born in Providence, R.I., March 3, 1797; son of Richard and Nabby (Wheaton) Jackson, and descended from Stephen Jackson, born in Kil- kenny, Ireland, in 1700, who to escape political persecution, came to America about 1724 and settled in Providence, R.I., in 1745, as a " school- master." Charles was graduated from Brown university, A. B., 1817, A.M., 1820. He studied law in the office of James Burrill; was admitted

to the bar in 1820, and practiced in Providence, R.I., 1820-23. Finding his profession not adapted to his enterprise, he engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods. His first attemj^t at spinning was in a small mill at Scituate in 1823. This was one of the first mills in the United States to use power looms. He founded the town of Jackson- ville, R.I.; returned to Providence, R.I., in 1839, and was an active member in the Cx'ompton company for over twenty years. Mr. Jackson was the first to establish the rubber business in Providence, having obtained from Mr. Goodyear a patent, which he afterward sold to Dr. Isaac Harts- horn. He also engaged in the manufacture of fire-arms and established a factor}' at Bristol, R.I., afterward removing it to Providence, where it was continued under the name of the " Burn- side Rifle Works." The business was successful for a time, but the demand for rifles becoming limited, he engaged in the manufacture of loco- motives. He was a representative in the state legislature; speaker of the house, 1841-42; mem- ber of the Rhode Island constitutional conven- tion in 1843, and governor of the state, 1845-46. One of his first acts upon taking office as governor was the liberation of Thomas W. Dorr (q.v.), who had been sentenced to imprisonment for life upon a charge of treason. He was twice married: first, Nov. 20, 1827, to Catharine, daughter of Samuel Dexter, of Providence, who died in Scitu- ate in June, 1832, and secondly, Nov. 24, 1836, to Phoebe, daughter of Joseph Tisdale, of North Kingstown, R.I. Governor Jack.son died in Prov- idence. R.I., Jan. 21, 1876.

JACKSON, Charles Akertnan, portrait painter, was born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., Aug. 13, 1857; son of Charles Edward and Caroline Emily (Akerman) Jackson; grandson of William and Laviah (Leach) Jackson and of Charles and Lucy (Metcalf) Akerman. Both his father and his grandfather were born in the " old Jackson house at Christian Shore." Portsmouth, N.H., built in 1604 and still standing in 1901. Charles A. Jackson attended the public schools of Boston, studied music under W. J. D. Leavitt of that city, and was for a few years a church organist. He received careful instruction in art, one of his teachers being John M. Arnold. Having a natural gift for portrait painting, he devoted himself to