Eddie Lee Jackson | |
State House: | Illinois |
State: | Illinois |
District: | 114th |
Term Start: | January 9, 2009 |
Term End: | January 11, 2017 |
Preceded: | Wyvetter H. Younge |
Succeeded: | LaToya Greenwood |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1949 |
Birth Place: | Canalou, Missouri, U.S. |
Death Place: | East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | East St. Louis, Illinois |
Alma Mater: | Southern Illinois University |
Profession: | School Principal (retired) |
Eddie Lee Jackson (July 7, 1949 – December 18, 2020) was an American politician.
Jackson served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 114th District from his appointment on January 9, 2009, to replace Wyvetter H. Younge to 2017.[1] The district includes Alorton, Belleville, Brooklyn, Cahokia, Centreville, East St. Louis, Fairview Heights, Mascoutah, Millstadt, O'Fallon, Sauget, Scott Air Force Base, Shiloh, Swansea, and Washington Park.[2]
He was a member of the Illinois House Legislative Black Caucus.[3]
In the 96th General Assembly, Jackson was the vice-chairman of the Illinois House Consumer Protection Committee.
Jackson died from COVID-19 in East St. Louis, on December 18, 2020, at the age of 71, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois.[4]