Jonathan Jackson

Congressman Jonathan Jackson represents Illinois’ 1st Congressional District in the 118th U.S. House of Representatives (January 3, 2023-Present). Before Congress, Jackson served as a national spokesperson for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He also launched several telecom, distribution, and construction businesses; taught finance and entrepreneurship courses at City Colleges of Chicago; and was a business professor at Chicago State University. In Congress, he serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Jackson graduated from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and earned a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business.