Editing Robert H. Jackson (section)

==Death and legacy==

On March 30, 1954, Jackson suffered a massive [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. He was confined to the hospital until May 17 when he returned to the Court for the announcement of the [[Brown v. Board of Education|''Brown'']] decision. He remained functioning in his position as Justice until October 4, 1954. On Saturday, October 9, 1954, Jackson had another heart attack. At 11:45&nbsp;a.m. he died at age 62.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Greatest Supreme Court Justices|last=Feldman|first=Noah|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]|date=October 2010|location=New York, NY|pages=403–405}}</ref> Funeral services were held in Washington's National Cathedral<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/10/13/page/25A/article/1-000-at-rites-for-jackson-in-washington|title=1,000 AT RITES FOR JACKSON IN WASHINGTON (October 13, 1954)|website=Chicago Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301063757/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/10/13/page/25A/article/1%2D000%2Dat%2Drites%2Dfor%2Djackson%2Din%2Dwashington|archive-date=2018-03-01|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-06-25}}</ref> and later in Jamestown's St. Luke's Church. All eight of the other Supreme Court Justices traveled together to Jamestown, New York, to attend his funeral service; the last time, for security purposes, that the Supreme Court all traveled together. Other prominent guests included [[Thomas E. Dewey]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thejacksonlist.com/wpcontent/uploads/2016/03/20160305-Jackson-List-Ike-RHJ-Funeral.pdf|title=President Eisenhower and Justice Jackson's Funeral (1954)|last=Barrett|first=John Q.|date=2016|work=The Jackson List}}{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was interred near his boyhood home in [[Frewsburg, New York]]. His headstone reads "He kept the ancient landmarks and built the new."<ref name="HorvitzCatherwood2014">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHpFp2nsGyUC&pg=PA251|title=Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide|date=14 May 2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1029-5|pages=250–251|author1=Leslie Alan Horvitz|author2=Christopher Catherwood|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818215819/https://books.google.com/books?id=AHpFp2nsGyUC&pg=PA251|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackson was the last justice to die while in active service to the Court until his former law clerk, now Chief Justice Rehnquist's passing on September 3, 2005, and the last Associate Justice to die while in active service until [[Antonin Scalia]], who occupied the seat Jackson once held, on February 13, 2016.

[[The Robert H Jackson Center|The Robert H. Jackson Center]] in Jackson's hometown of Jamestown, New York, offers guided tours to visitors who can see exhibits on Jackson's life, collections of his writings, and photos from the International Military Tribunal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roberthjackson.org/about/|title=About|website=Robert H Jackson Center|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-25|archive-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625103045/https://www.roberthjackson.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> An extensive collection of Jackson's personal and judicial papers is archived at the Manuscript Division of the [[Library of Congress]] and is open for research. Smaller collections are available at several other repositories.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}

There are statues dedicated to Jackson outside the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York, as well as the Robert H. Jackson field at the Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport. The United States District Court for the Western District of New York main courthouse, which is located in Buffalo and opened in November 2011, is dedicated to Jackson and is named the [[Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse]].<ref>GSA, [http://www.gsa.gov/buffalocourthouse ''Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse, Buffalo, NY''] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130626172414/http://www.gsa.gov/buffalocourthouse |date=June 26, 2013 }}; Barry A. Muskat, [http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/February-2012/Great-Buildings-Inside-the-fedetal-courthouse/ ''Great Buildings: Inside the federal courthouse''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511154457/http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/February-2012/Great-Buildings-Inside-the-fedetal-courthouse/ |date=May 11, 2015 }}, {{smallcaps|Buffalo Spree}} (Feb. 2012).</ref>