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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 previously served as as General Counsel for the [[U.S. Treasury Department]], U.S. Solicitor General, and Attorney General.

'''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 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.

Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1892, and raised in Frewsburg, New York.

Jackson, who never attended college and never acquired a law degree, was known to be a brilliant, [[conservative]] judge.  

Jackson, who never attended college and never acquired a law degree, was known to be a brilliant, [[conservative]] judge.  

Former Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] once served as Jackson's clerk, and current Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] quoted several of Jackson's opinions extensively in his confirmtion hearings.

Former Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] once served as Jackson's clerk, and current Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] quoted several of Jackson's opinions extensively in his confirmation hearings.

Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]], who had clerked for a year and a half (from February 1952 to June 1953) for Justice Jackson, praised him as follows in a speech in 2003:

Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]], who had clerked for a year and a half (from February 1952 to June 1953) for Justice Jackson, praised him as follows in a speech in 2003: