Jackson, Donald Lester, 1910-1981

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Name (Latin)
Jackson, Donald Lester, 1910-1981
Date of birth
1910-01-23
Date of death
1981-05-27
Occupation
Editors
Journalists
Legislators--United States
Radio journalists
Television journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 7085686
Wikidata: Q1240034
Library of congress: no2003087625
Sources of Information
  • Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. web site, viewed Aug. 22, 2003(Jackson, Donald Lester, a Representative from California; b. Jan. 23, 1910; d. May 27, 1981)
  • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 11, 2013(Jackson, Donald Lester (1910-1981); 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)
  • OCLC, Aug. 22, 2003(hdg.: Jackson, Donald L. (2 records); usage: Donald L. Jackson; hdg.: Jackson, Donald Lester, 1910- (3 records); usage: Donald L. Jackson)
  • U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Commerce. Nominations, 1969, hearings ... 1969:t.p. (Donald L. Jackson, to be Interstate Commerce Commissioner) p. 27 (Donald L. Jackson; b. Jan. 23, 1910, Ipswitch, S.D.)
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