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Claiborne Fox Jackson (April 4 1806 – December 6 1862) was Governor of Missouri in 1861 then governor-in-exile for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.A successful manufacturing chemist Jackson became heavily involved in Democratic Party politics and served twelve years in the Missouri General Assembly before being elected to the state senate in 1848.

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active years end date
1861-07-23
active years start date
1861-01-03
battle
American Civil War, Black Hawk War
birth date
1806-04-04
birth place
Fleming County Kentucky, United States
country
Missouri
death date
1862-12-06
death place
Little Rock Arkansas
lieutenant
Thomas Caute Reynolds
order in office
15th Governor of Missouri
party
Democratic Party (United States)
service end year
1862-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
service start year
1832-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
successor
Hamilton Rowan Gamble

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