Jonathan L. Jackson
DemocratU.S. Representative, IL-1| Age | 60 (b. 1966-01-07) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2023-01-03 (~3 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | Black / African American |
| Religion | Christian (Baptist family background; father Jesse Jackson is a Baptist minister) |
| Education | B.S. in Business, North Carolina A&T State University (1988); M.B.A., Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management) (1991) |
| Prior occupation | Financial analyst (Drexel Burnham Lambert, Knowledge Universe); co-owner of beer distributorship River North Sales and Service LLC; national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; professor of business/finance at Chicago State University and City Colleges of Chicago |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Chicago, Illinois |
| Marital status | Married — Marilyn Ann Richards Jackson |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Notable relatives | Son of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jacqueline Jackson; brother of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (IL-2); godfather was Martin Luther King Jr. |
Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2022 |
| Committees | Committee on Agriculture · Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development · Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture · Committee on Foreign Affairs · Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa · Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere |
| Caucuses | Congressional Progressive Caucus · Congressional Black Caucus · Black Maternal Health Caucus · Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment · Congressional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Caucus |
| Leadership | Co-Chair, CBC Housing and Economic Prosperity Task Force (2023) · Co-Founder, Congressional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Caucus (2025) |
| Ideology | Campaigned and governs as a progressive; member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; endorsed by Bernie Sanders |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $892,038–$3,239,998 (2023) · estimate
| S. King Drive rental property, Chicago | real_estate · $250,001–$500,000 · 2023 |
| S. Cornell rental property, Chicago | real_estate · $100,001–$250,000 · 2023 |
| 1802 E. 71st St. LLC (real estate partnership), Chicago | real_estate · $100,001–$250,000 · 2023 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund (VTHRX) | fund · $100,001–$250,000 · 2023 |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | stock · $100,001–$250,000 · 2023 |
| Blackstone | stock · $50,000 · 2023 |
| NVIDIA | stock · $50,000 · 2023 |
| Sanofi | stock · $50,000 · 2023 |
| Abbott Laboratories | stock · $15,000 · 2023 |
| Apple | stock · $15,000 · 2023 |
| Amazon | stock · $15,000 · 2023 |
| Raytheon | stock · $15,000 · 2023 |
| Walmart | stock · $15,000 · 2023 |
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.