Robert Jackson

Robert Jackson Historical Figure Nationality: United States Date of Birth: 1892 Date of Death: 1954 Cause of Death: Myocardial infarction Occupation: Lawyer, Judge Parents: William Eldred Jackson, Angelina Houghwout Spouse: Irene Alice Gerhardt Children: William, Mary Political Party: Democratic Party Political Office(s): United States Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Fictional Appearances: The Man With the Iron Heart POD: May 29, 1942; Relevant POD: May, 1945 Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference

Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was United States Attorney General (1940–1941) and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1941–1954). He was also the chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. A "county-seat lawyer", he remains the last Supreme Court justice appointed who did not graduate from any law school, although he did attend Albany Law School in Albany, New York for one year.

Robert Jackson in The Man With the Iron Heart

Robert Jackson was severely injured when the German Freedom Front destroyed the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg in November 1945. As more than 200 people were killed in the explosion, Jackson was rather lucky in the short-term.

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Preceded by Stanley Forman Reed	United States Solicitor General 1938–1940	Succeeded by Francis Biddle
Preceded by Frank Murphy	United States Attorney General 1940–1941	Succeeded by Francis Biddle
Preceded by Harlan Fiske Stone	Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1941–1954	Succeeded by John Marshall Harlan II