Robert E. Jackson
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Robert E. Jackson | |
In office 2000 – 2006 |
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Succeeded by | Patricia Gerard |
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Born | Paterson, New Jersey |
Constituency | Largo, Florida |
Robert E. Jackson was the mayor of Largo, Florida. He was first elected to Largo City Commission in 1974, Mayor Jackson served nine terms as City Commissioner before being elected as Mayor in 2000 and being re-elected in 2003. He lost narrowly in a bitterly contested race against Largo's first woman mayor, Patricia Gerard.
He has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of South Florida and he served as the principle for Southside Fundamental Middle School from which he retired in 1997.