Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Jackson, Donald L.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameDonald L. Jackson
Address
Santa Monica, California , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born January 23, 1910
DiedMay 27, 1981 (71 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedRBH
Dec 28, 2014 07:20pm
Tags
InfoJACKSON, Donald Lester, a Representative from California; born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, S.Dak., January 23, 1910; attended the public schools of South Dakota and California; served as a private in the United States Marine Corps 1927-1931 and again from 1940 until discharged as a major in 1945 with two years’ combat service overseas; engaged in public relations in Santa Monica, Calif.; reporter and editor, Santa Monica, 1938-1940; director of publicity, city of Santa Monica, Calif., in 1939 and 1940; congressional adviser at ninth conference of American States at Bogotá, Colombia, in 1948; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1961); was not a candidate for renomination in 1960; radio and television commentator, 1960-1968; appointed by President Nixon as a commissioner on Interstate Commerce Commission in 1969; resided in Sosua, Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, West Indies, until his death in Bethesda, Md., May 27, 1981; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

[Link]

JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/04/1958 CA District 16 Won 57.81% (+15.62%)
  06/03/1958 CA District 16 - R Primary Won 91.96% (+83.91%)
  06/03/1958 CA District 16 - D Primary Lost 18.42% (-63.16%)
  11/06/1956 CA District 16 Won 60.77% (+21.53%)
  11/02/1954 CA District 16 Won 60.81% (+21.64%)
  06/08/1954 CA District 16 - R Primary Won 84.95% (+74.39%)
  06/08/1954 CA District 16 - D Primary Lost 25.14% (-49.72%)
  11/04/1952 CA District 16 Won 59.70% (+19.46%)
  06/03/1952 CA District 16 - R Primary Won 89.69% (+81.35%)
  06/03/1952 CA District 16 - D Primary Lost 46.13% (-2.95%)
  11/07/1950 CA District 16 Won 59.25% (+18.51%)
  11/02/1948 CA District 16 Won 57.04% (+14.09%)
  11/05/1946 CA District 16 Won 53.92% (+22.26%)
  06/04/1946 CA District 16 - R Primary Won 38.24% (+2.59%)
  06/04/1946 CA District 16 - D Primary Lost 20.34% (-21.23%)
ENDORSEMENTS