Jesse Jackson Jr.

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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is a former American politician who represented Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1995 to his resignation in 2012.

He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his time in office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his political justice, civil rights, and advocacy group Operation PUSH.

Sandi Jackson, Jackson's wife, served on the Chicago City Council.

He served as a national co-chairman of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign as a national co-chairman.

Jackson has a strong liberal record on both social and economic policy, and he has coauthored books on civil rights and personal finance. Jackson was investigated for financial misappropriation, as well as misusing campaign funds in October 2012.

Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health issues, including bipolar disorder and digestive disorders as reasons for his resignation.

On February 8, 2013, Jackson admitted to breaching federal election law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases.

On February 20, 2013, Jackson pled guilty to one count of wire and mail fraud.

On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal jail.

Jackson was released from jail on March 26, 2015.

Personal life

During 1988, Jackson met Sandi Stevens, who was the press secretary for United States Congressman Mickey Leland. The couple decided that public higher education was more cost-effective, and jointly enrolled at the University of Illinois College of Law in her first year. They married on June 1, 1991, although they were still law students. Jesse III ("Tre") and Jessica Jones, Jackson and Sandi's two children, as well as two children. They own one in the Chicago City Council's second district, which is both the 2nd district that Congressman Jackson represented in the United States House of Representatives and the seventh ward that his wife represented in the Chicago City Council as Alderman. The South Shore home acts as an election base for himself and candidates he has endorsed, with a record of 13–0 in public elections. The South Shore home was featured on an HGTV Hidden Potential episode that premiered on March 24, 2009. The Jacksons also owned a house in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., which served as the family's home and base for his service in Congress.

When Jackson first public opinion was traced to suspected Nigerian drug trafficker Pius Ailemen, he began. At his 1991 wedding, Ailemen was supposed to be Jackson's best man, but he had to cancel at the last minute due to alleged passport-related issues. The FBI investigated Jackson and Aileman, but court probes and court hearings lasted for many years. Many conversations between the two people were caught on wiretap, and financial reports reveal that Ailemen purchased an Alfa Romeo on Jackson's credit card, which was charged with $13,000. Ailemen were sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison. In 2003, Ailemen were refused a request for a writ of certiorari. Jackson's new motion challenges him as a government informant at the time of his deposition in Ailemen's courthouse.

Jackson acknowledges that he has been blessed with wealth and opportunity, and that his hobbies include fencing, hunting, and fishing, especially salmon fishing. Dick Armey and the late Republican Rep. Henry Hyde are two of his closest friends who enjoys these hobbies in bipartisan friendships. Armey uses Jackson as an example of his ability to collaborate with politicians from all sides of the political spectrum. Despite their clear ideological differences, Jackson has a strong relationship with Republican President George W. Bush. While Jackson Jr. and his siblings Santita and Jonathan had an hour-and-a-half luncheon with future President George W. Bush, he and his sister Anna Soda were able to attend Super Bowl XXXIII with them at Camp David.

Jackson admitted in March 2005 that he had shed 50 pounds (22.7 kg; 3.6 st) as a result of bariatric surgery. Joe Madison revealed in Ebony that he and Jackson were on a panel at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation conference asking Jackson why he looked so different. Jackson said he described having undergone a duodenal switch medical procedure that his sister, Santita, had used to lose 200 pounds (90.7 kg; 14.3 st) over the years.

Jackson is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. The Illinois House of Representatives approved a congratulatory note from Jackson in 2006, when he became a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Nu Pi Chapter. Jesse Sr. is also a member of the Omega fraternity. At the Founder's Day gathering on November 18, 2006, Jackson Jr. delivered the keynote address to the fraternity. He is also a member of the Theta Epsilon Chapter.

Jackson is a martial arts enthusiast who practices kung fu, tae kwon do, and karate. On August 1, 2007, Jackson became embroiled in a verbal dispute with Rep. Lee Terry, a Nebraska Republican, who is a member of the Nebraska Senate. "Republicans can't be trusted," Jackson said in a floor debate, and Terry replied with "shut down" before approaching Jackson. Jackson then spoke profanities and begged Terry to step outside, perhaps in a physical confrontation. Steve Rothman helped prevent the escalation to a physical confrontation from escalating. Artists from across Omaha, Nebraska, (Terry's district) have called to inquire into Jackson's philosophy and motives. Terry, according to Jackson, was the catalyst. Terry believes Jackson was wrong, but the two shook hands the next day and decided to move forward in the best interests of their constituents. However, a week later, an unidentified man who appeared to be a Jackson relative stepped into Terry's Omaha office, saying he was Jackson's hitman who had come to beat Terry, prompting to FBI involvement.

In Washington, he used a battery-powered, GPS-equipped Segway. Jackson, who lost two votes in his first thirteen years in Congress, said the Segway helped him to keep his good voting record.

Jackson's office revealed on July 12, 2012 that he had been absent from Congress since June 10, indicating that he was receiving "intensive medical care at a residential treatment center for a mood disorder." Following weeks of the public's uncertainty about where the congressman was located, his office reported on July 27, 2012, that he was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, undergoing an extensive inpatient examination for depression and gastrointestinal problems. Jackson was being treated for bipolar II disorder by the Mayo Clinic on August 13, 2012.

In Cook County, Illinois, Jackson applied for divorce from his wife on July 14, 2016. In April 2018, they signed a deal.

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An early life, education, and early political careers were all present in the early years.

Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and raised in the Jackson Park Highlands District of Chicago's South Side neighborhood, one of Jesse and Jacqueline (Brown) Jackson's five children. He attended nursery school at the University of Chicago and attended John J. Pershing Elementary School. In a speech atop a milk crate at the Operation PUSH headquarters at age 5, Jackson imitated his father. According to some reports, his father wanted to bring attention to critical topics, and his visit to his father often occurred in the time between meetings.

After Jackson was diagnosed as hyperactive, he and his brother Jonathan were sent to Le Mans Academy in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. He was paddled at times as a youth for disciplinary reasons. He was promoted to Company Commander during his time on the job. Jackson was suspended twice from school after returning to ninth grade. Jackson graduated from St. Albans High School. He was an all-state running back on his football team in high school and was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd section in February 1984, which paid for his 15 touchdowns, 889 passing yards, and 7.2 yards per carry in six games. Jackson attended North Carolina A&T University, his father's alma mater, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in 1987. He decided to pursue his father's recommendation to obtain a seminary education at the Chicago Theological Seminary, where he earned his master's degree a year before but did not apply to become ordained. Jackson went to law school at the University of Illinois and persuaded his prospective wife to transfer from the Georgetown University Law Center. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1993. Despite completing his coursework a semester early, Jackson never sat for the bar exam.

As a youth, Jackson and his brother Jonathan were instrumental in their father's civil rights work. The three Jackson brothers appeared at rallies together in support of their father's presidential campaign during the 1984 Democratic primaries. While enrolled in college, Jackson held a voter registration drive that resulted in 3,500 voters on a campus of 4,500 students. He began his work after college as an executive director for the Rainbow Coalition.

During the 1988 Democratic primaries, Jackson was active in his father's campaign. Jackson's father obtained a post as an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 1988, after his father and Michael Dukakis at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Jackson Jr., the last of the five children to talk and introduced his father with the phrase "a man who fights the odds, who lives against the odds," Jesse Jackson, our father. Margaret Carlson's time in Time magazine described the younger Jackson as a well-spoken and convincing figure whose future political aspirations would almost certainly match those of his father's political aspirations that he was unable to do well. His time in the DNC gave him the opportunity to campaign in a number of congressional election races. He also became a vice president of Operation PUSH after the convention.

Following his participation in marches against apartheid at the South African Embassy, Jackson was arrested in Washington, D.C., on his twentieth birthday. In a similar situation, he and his father and brother were arrested the year before. His resistance against apartheid has grown to weekly marches in front of the South African Consulate in Chicago. When Mandela delivered his first address after being released from a 27-year prison term in Cape Town in February 1990, he was sharing the stage with Nelson Mandela. He served as secretary of the National Rainbow Coalition's Black Caucus, the national field director of the National Rainbow Coalition, and a supporter of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition before entering the House. Jackson served as the national field director of the Rainbow Coalition from 1993 to 1995. The Rainbow Coalition, under Jackson's leadership, attempted to increase equitable recruitment in the National Basketball Association, because 88% of the executive positions, 88% of the administrative positions, and 85 percent of the administrative positions were held by whites. When he was working as the field director for the National Rainbow Coalition, he helped register millions of new voters through a newly introduced national non-partisan campaign. He also created a voter education service to educate citizens about the benefits of participating in the political process. He was a founding board member of the Apollo Alliance and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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