Harry Cook Jackson (July 23, 1915 – February 12, 2000)Ken Rudin: In Memoriam, 31. December 2000, www.washingtonpost.com was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party.SR 600 - Hon. Harry Cook Jackson - regrets at passing, 23. February 2000, Internetseite der Georgia General Assembly
Life and career Jackson was born on July 23, 1915, in Columbus, Georgia.Georgia's Official and Statistical Register (Department of Archives and History, 1965) He graduated from Auburn University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he began working as an engineer. In 1952, he became a lawyer.
From 1961 to 1975, he was a member of the Senate of Georgia. During this time, he held the post of president pro tempore for two terms.
In 1974, he ran unsuccessfully for a nomination for the Democratic candidate in the Georgia gubernatorial election. In August 1978, he won the Democratic primary for the Columbus, Georgia mayoral election over incumbent Jack P. Mickle, who had sought the nomination for a second four-year term.Rome News-Tribune, 28. August 1978 Jackson won the next mayoral election and held the office from 1979 to 1982.List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia , website of the city of Columbus He was from 1985 a member of the board of directors of the Georgia Ports Authority, and was elected in September 1994 as its chairman.Ports Authority Chairman elected , 11. September 1994, Savannah News-Press
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