William Schuyler Jackson (died November 23, 1932, inJamaica, Queens,New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.
Jackson was the son of D. G. Jackson, a lawyer fromTonawanda, New York.In 1892, he married a daughter of Buffalo shoe dealer T. B. Staley. They had two children.
He was First Assistant District Attorney ofErie County when he was electedNew York State Attorney General on theDemocratic and theIndependence League tickets inNovember 1906. In February 1907, when he was just a month in office, his wife retained Edward E. Coatsworth (the former law partner ofWilliam F. Sheehan,Charles F. Tabor andJohn Cunneen) and announced she would sue for divorce. Two days later, they reconciled.
In 1920, he sent a letter to GovernorAl Smith, protesting against theexpulsion of fiveSocialist members (among themLouis Waldman andSam Dewitt) from theNew York State Assembly.
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