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| 1. | Andrew (“Old Hickory”), 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37. |
| 2. | Lady Barbara. Ward, Barbara. |
| 3. | Helen Hunt (Helen Maria Fiske), 1830–85, U.S. novelist and poet. |
| 4. | Jesse L(ouis), born 1941, U.S. Baptist minister and civil-rights and political activist. |
| 5. | Joseph Jefferson (“Shoeless Joe”), 1887–1951, U.S. baseball player. |
| 6. | Mahalia, 1911–72, U.S. gospel singer. |
| 7. | Robert Hough⋅wout [hou-uht] , 1892–1954, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1941–54. |
| 8. | Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall Jackson”), 1824–63, Confederate general in the American Civil War. |
| 9. | a city in and the capital of Mississippi, in the central part. 202,895. |
| 10. | a city in W Tennessee. 49,131. |
| 11. | a city in S Michigan. 39,739. |
| 12. | a town in NW Wyoming: resort near Jackson Hole. 4511. |
| 13. | a male given name, meaning “son of Jack.” |
[mis-uh-sip-ee] | 1. | a state in the S United States. 2,520,638; 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss. |
| 2. | a river flowing S from N Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico: the principal river of the U.S. 2470 mi. (3975 km) long; from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico 3988 mi. (6418 km) long. |
Jack·son (jāk'sən)
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| Jackson, Andrew Known as "Old Hickory." 1767-1845. The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as an officer in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers. |
| Jackson, Helen (Maria Fiske) American writer known for Ramona (1884), a romantic novel concerning the injustices suffered by Native Americans. |
| Jackson, Jesse Louis Born 1941. American civil rights leader and politician. A Baptist minister, he directed national antidiscrimination efforts (1966-1977) and sought the 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential nominations. His concern for the oppressed and his dramatic oratory have attracted a large grass-roots constituency. |
| Jackson, Joseph Jefferson Known as "Shoeless Joe." 1889-1951. American baseball player who had a career batting average of .356, batting over .370 four times and .408 in 1911. In 1921 he and eight teammates from the Chicago White Sox were banned from baseball for life for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series. |
| Jackson, Mahalia 1911-1972. American singer whose powerful performances and recordings, such as "Move on up a Little Higher" (1948), did much to popularize gospel music among general audiences. |
| Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Known as "Stonewall." 1824-1863. American Confederate general who commanded troops at both battles of Bull Run (1861 and 1862) and directed the Shenandoah Valley campaign (1862). He was accidentally killed by his own troops at Chancellorsville (1863). |
State in the southern United States bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Louisiana and Arkansas to the west. Its capital and largest city is Jackson.
Note: Its name comes from the Mississippi River, which forms most of the state's western border.
Note: One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
Jackson Jack·son (jāk'sən), John Hughlings. 1835-1911.
British neurologist whose connection of certain epileptic symptoms to specific locations in the brain advanced the understanding of epilepsy.