George Henry Jackson (1847–1925)[1] was a Canadian-born American politician, lawyer, educator, and businessman.

[3] Jackson was born October 4, 1847, in Canada West, to parents Julia (née Burke) and George.

[4][5] His grandparents were Black and had been enslaved by the Custis family in Arlington, Virginia.

[3] Jackson was a trustee for the New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, the Crawford Old Men's Home, and the Sallie McCall Industrial School of Cincinnati.

[1][5] His son, Dr. Gordon Henry Jackson (1885-1945) married Mae Walker (nee Fairy Mae Bryant), the adopted daughter of A'Lelia Walker, whose mother was the millionaire hair care entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, in New York on November 24, 1923.