Oscar Lawrence Jackson

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Oscar Lawrence Jackson (September 2, 1840–February 16, 1920) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Oscar L. Jackson was born in Shenango Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, Tansy Hill Select School, and Darlington Academy. He taught school in Hocking County, Ohio.

Jackson served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. He entered as captain of Company H, Sixty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and received promotions of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel by brevet. He was shot in the face by a Confederate with a Squirrel Rifle and left for dead in one battle.

Jackson studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He served as district attorney from 1868 to 1871. He was a member of the commission to codify laws and devise a plan for the government of cities of Pennsylvania in 1877 and 1878.

Jackson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888. He resumed the practice of law in New Castle and was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention. He died in New Castle in 1920. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by: George V.E. Lawrence

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1885-1889

Succeeded by: Joseph W. Ray