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Jesse Jackson Jr.

Person of interest · Politician

Jesse Jackson Jr. is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jesse Jackson · Jesse Jackson Jr. · Jesse Jackson junior · Jesse Jackson, Jr. · Jesse L. Jackson Jr. · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Jackson, Jesse · Jesse Jackson · Jesse Jackson Jr. · Jesse Jackson junior · Jesse Jackson, Jr. · 10 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1965 · 1965-03-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Greenville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	JESSE · Jesse				[sources]
Last name	JACKSON · Jackson				[sources]
Middle name	L.				[sources]
Website	www.jessejacksonjr.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q609189				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2012) · director (1993-1995) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Chicago Theological Seminary (-1989) · North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (-1987) · St. Albans School · University of Illinois College of Law (-1993) · University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-06	Last processed	2025-07-06	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

United States Congressman from Illinois

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jacqueline Jackson Close Associate	mother	-	-
Jesse Jackson Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009	2011
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011	2012
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011-01-06	2012-11-21
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007	2009
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005	2007

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jonathan Jackson Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity	elder brother · sibling	-	-
Sandi Jackson Politician	spouse	1991-06-01	-

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