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Also Known As Howell Edmunds Jackson
Born April 8, 1832 • Tennessee
Died August 8, 1895 (aged 63) • near Nashville • Tennessee
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1893-1895), United States • supreme court (1893-1895), United States
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