James Jackson (September 21, 1757 – March 19, 1806) was an early British-born Georgia politician of the Democratic-Republican Party.

[8] When the British left Savannah in July 1782, General Anthony Wayne gave Jackson the privilege of receiving the keys to the city.

[12] As a Jeffersonian Republican,[13] he vigorously opposed Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's plans for federal assumption of the states' debts from the Revolutionary War.

He warned that ending slavery would "light up the flame of civil discord for the people of the Southern States" who "will never suffer themselves to be divested of their property without a struggle.

Making effective use of grand jury presentments and newspapers, Jackson secured a seat in the legislature and subsequently oversaw the ouster of Wayne's campaign manager from a state judgeship.

[20] Meanwhile, the state of Georgia sold millions of acres in the Yazoo region at extremely low prices to a group of investors.

Jackson, believing that the sale was influenced by bribery, resigned his post in the Senate to run for a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1795.

[21] Jackson blamed the Yazoo land fraud on his political enemies, including James Gunn and the Federalists.

His son, Jabez Young Jackson, was a representative from Georgia in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth United States Congress.

Fort James Jackson, which protected the city of Savannah from attack by sea during most of the nineteenth century, is today a museum and restored garrison.