Editing Howell E. Jackson (section)

==Senate tenure==
Jackson took his seat in the Senate on March&nbsp;4, 1881.<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|91}} He was a member of four committees: the [[United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service|Post Office]], [[United States Senate Committee on Pensions|Pensions]], [[United States Senate Committee on Claims|Claims]], and [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary]] panels.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|340}} Despite his loyalty to the Democratic platform, Republicans and Democrats alike held him in high regard.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 9, 1895|title=Howell E. Jackson Dead|pages=1|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76959690/death-of-justice-jackson-new-york/|access-date=May 3, 2021|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503230626/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76959690/death-of-justice-jackson-new-york/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Senate, Jackson advocated for civil service reform and for the creation of the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]].<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|91}} He supported further restrictions on [[Chinese immigration to the United States|Chinese immigration]] and argued for lower [[tariff]]s and higher infrastructure spending.<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|91}} Jackson's views on legal issues were influential among his colleagues: many important bills on the judiciary were referred to the subcommittee on which he sat.<ref name=":6" />{{Rp|407}} More important than his legislative accomplishments, however, were the personal relationships that he forged.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=Timothy L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AJ7__ph3rgC&pg=PA198 |title=Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary |publisher=[[Facts on File]] |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-8160-4194-7 |location=New York |pages=214–217 |access-date=March 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426174736/https://books.google.com/books?id=8AJ7__ph3rgC&pg=PA198 |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|215}} Jackson became a friend of President [[Grover Cleveland]], whose tariff policies he supported.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|241}} He also established a friendly relationship with his colleague [[Benjamin Harrison]], whom he was seated next to on the Senate floor.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|341}} Jackson held a reputation for being a hard-working and committed legislator.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|340–341}}