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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]
Alias	Jackson, Jesse · Jesse Jackson · Jesse Jackson Jr. · Jesse Jackson junior · Jesse Jackson, Jr. · 10 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1965-03-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Greenville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jesse				[sources]
Last name	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 · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Chicago Theological Seminary · North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University · St. Albans School · University of Illinois College of Law · University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	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
United States representative	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
United States representative	2011-01-06

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

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US Members of the Congress1,329

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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