firm becoming known as Riall Jackson
and Company soon stamped itself as
one of the leading insurance agency
groups, not only of Baltimore, but of
the South. This partnership continued
until 1929, when Mr. Jackson bought
out the interests of Mr. Riall.
In 1923, announcement that Howard
W. Jackson was a candidate for the
high office as Mayor, was heralded
with delight by thousands of friends,
and in a three-cornered fight, he won
by the largest majority that had ever
been given to a Mayor of Baltimore
up to that time.
Retiring from public office in 1927,
Mr. Jackson devoted the next four
years to his insurance business, and
again in the election of 1931 he was
deluged with requests to again be-
come a candidate for Mayor, and
accepted after a petition of more than
sixty thousand voters had been placed
before him. His success in the gen-
eral election is still remembered as
he was swept into office over his Re-
publican opponent, William G. Al-
brecht, by a majority of over sixty-
three thousand, the largest majority

ever given to a mayoralty candidate
in the City of Baltimore.
In May of 1935 Mayor Jackson was
elected by another large majority for
his third term of office. His victory
in the primary election and later in
the general election was generally
accepted as a tribute to his splendid
business ability which carried the city
through several years of depression
in a healthy financial condition, while
the severe problem of aiding the un-
employed was met by adequate munic-
ipal participation in the various
phases of the situation. The fact that
Mayor Jackson had placed the city
on a balanced budget system, free
from floating debt and at the same
time maintaining all the vital opera-
tions of government without impair-
ment undoubtedly contributed largely
to his success at the polls in connec-
tion with his campaign for re-election.
Baltimore has been widely adver-
tised throughout the nation as a city
with money in bank, and Mayor
Jackson has generally been given
credit for this condition.