This 4.0 virtual honors a great American jurist. Robert Houghwout Jackson born in Spring Creek , Pennsylvania in 1892 became one of America's great legal minds. His early years until high school graduation were spend in Frewsburg, New York. For the year after graduation in 1909 he continued studies at Jamestown High School near by. College for law not being mandatory, he learned law under his uncle a Jamestown lawyer. Around that time he was introduced to N.Y. State Senator Franklin Roosevelt. This meeting would begin a long friendship with the future president. With only one year of law college in 1912, He received a legal certificate and began further studies in Jamestown. 1913 was the year he was admitted to the N.Y.S. bar. Moving to Buffalo and then back to Jamestown he spent many years building a law practice. During WW2 Jackson became involved in Democratic politics. In 1931 Then governor Roosevelt appointed him to a state commission on judicial reform. Jackson was involved in Roosevelts's 1932 Presidential Campaign. With Roosevelt now president Jackson was appointed to several legal jobs in th IRS and Dept. of Justice.
In 1938 Jackson took a large step in government. He became Solicitor General of the United States.This job involves being the government advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court. Only two years later he became Attorney General of the United States.
The rise of Jackson had yet to be complete. 1941 saw Roosevelt nominated Robert Jackson as an Associate Supreme Court Justice. He was quickly confirmed and stayed on the court till his death in 1954. During his tenure some of the most important cases in America's history were heard and settled such as Brown vs. Board of Education.
Robert Jackson in 1945 took on his last appointment and a very important one in world history. The president now was Harry Truman and WW2 was over. Truman appointed Jackson Chief American Counsel at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal. For that time period he took a leave of absence from the Supreme Court.
After the tribunals ended Jackson returned to the high court untill his death on October 9,1954 at age 62. He was laid to rest at Maplewood cemetery in Frewsburg, N.Y.
All this happened to man that died at only age 62
You can visit the Robert H. Jackson Center in In Jamestown at 305 East 4th St.
Visit his grave at N 42 03.067 W079 08.854 in Frewsburg.
Now for the Virtaual questions. Message me the answers to these questions
1) Who is the sculptor ?
2) Facing the front of the statue, which side is the sculpors name on ?
3) what is the shape on the flat base of the statue between the feet.
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