Template:Did you know nominations/Howell Edmunds Jackson

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 15:20, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Howell Edmunds Jackson

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... that Howell Edmunds Jackson died of tuberculosis less than two and a half years after his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court? Source: "...what gave every indication of a promising career on the Court was truncated by tuberculosis....he died–after less than two and one-half years of service on the bench...

Reviewed: John H. Carkin

Improved to Good Article status by Extraordinary Writ (talk). Self-nominated at 23:59, 25 July 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Length fine, content within policy. Plagiarism detection turns up nothing. Fact verifiable from multiple sources. Nominated within 7 days of GA promotion. Blythwood (talk) 04:01, 6 August 2021 (UTC)