Jesse Jackson Jr.

(1965-)

United States Congressman from Illinois

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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American former politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's then-wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance.

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Born	11 March 1965 (age 60) Greenville, South Carolina
Zodiac	Pisces
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Sandi Jackson 1963- · American politician · m. 1991 info edit

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Jesse Jackson · Father · 1941- · American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition edit info

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Jacqueline Lavinia Brown · Mother · 1944- · American author edit info

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