What is Alphonso Jackson?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Alphonso Jackson |image = Alphonso Jackson official portrait.jpg |office = 13th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] |president = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start = August 31, 2004 |term_end = April 18, 2008 |predecessor = [[Mel Martínez]] |successor = [[Steve Preston]] |office1 = 5th [[United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] |president1 = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start1 = May 24, 2001 |term_end1 = August 31, 2004 |predecessor1 = [[Saul N. Ramirez Jr.]] |successor1 = [[Roy Bernardi]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|9|9}} |birth_place = [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]], [[Texas]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Marcia |children = 2 |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |education = [[Truman State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Alphonso R. Jackson''' (born September 9, 1945) is an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician. He was the 13th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] (HUD) from 2004 to 2008. He was nominated by President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alphonso R. Jackson, CEO, A.R. Jackson Advisors LLC and Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Receive 2018 Horatio Alger Award|url=https://horatioalger.org/haa_news/alphonso-r-jackson-ceo-a-r-jackson-advisors-llc-and-former-u-s-secretary-of-housing-and-urban-development-to-receive-2018-horatio-alger-award/|access-date=December 24, 2017|publisher=[[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]]|date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225034938/https://horatioalger.org/haa_news/alphonso-r-jackson-ceo-a-r-jackson-advisors-llc-and-former-u-s-secretary-of-housing-and-urban-development-to-receive-2018-horatio-alger-award/|url-status=d