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[[Image:Robert_h_jackson.jpg |right|thumb|200px|Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson, circa 1941]]
[[Image:Robert_h_jackson.jpg |right|thumb|200px|Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson, circa 1941]]
'''Robert Houghwout Jackson''' was an Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] from 1941–1954, appointed by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1892, and raised in Frewsburg, New York.
'''Robert Houghwout Jackson''' was an Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] from 1941–1954, appointed by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Jackson previously served as as General Counsel for the [[U.S. Treasury Department]], U.S. Solicitor General, and Attorney General.
Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1892, and raised in Frewsburg, New York.
He also served as the Chief United States Prosecutor at the [[Nuremberg Trials]] at the end of [[World War II]], in Germany. President [[Harry S. Truman]] appointed Jackson in 1945, who took a leave of absence from the Court, returning in 1946. Before becoming a Supreme Court Justice, Jackson had been brought to [[Washington, D.C.]] by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as General Counsel to the then-Bureau of Internal Revenue, and subsequently served as Assistant Attorney General in the AntiTrust Division of the Justice Department, Solicitor General, and Attorney General.<ref>http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_05-16-03.html</ref>
He also served as the Chief United States Prosecutor at the [[Nuremberg Trials]] at the end of [[World War II]], in Germany. President [[Harry S. Truman]] appointed Jackson in 1945, who took a leave of absence from the Court, returning in 1946. Before becoming a Supreme Court Justice, Jackson had been brought to [[Washington, D.C.]] by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as General Counsel to the then-Bureau of Internal Revenue, and subsequently served as Assistant Attorney General in the AntiTrust Division of the Justice Department, Solicitor General, and Attorney General.<ref>http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_05-16-03.html</ref>