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Howell Jackson
Democrat · Senate · Tennessee · 1881–1887
Howell Jackson was a Democratic U.S. senator from Tennessee, serving 1881–1887. Cast 1,206 votes and missed 19.9%.
- Years in Congress
- 5
- Votes missed
- 19.9%
- Born
- 1832
- Died
- 1895
Biography
Howell Edmunds Jackson (April 8, 1832 – August 8, 1895) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1893 until his death in 1895. His brief tenure on the Supreme Court is most remembered for his opinion in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., in which Jackson argued in dissent that a federal income tax was constitutional.
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Terms in office
- Senate, Tennessee1881–1887 · Democrat
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Capitol Receipts, “Howell Jackson (D-TN), Senate 1881–1887,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/J000014/howell-jackson (accessed 2026-10-13).