Government and Politics
- Joseph Devonsher Jackson (1783–1857), Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament
- Joseph Webber Jackson (1796–1854), United States Representative from Georgia
- Joseph Jackson (Canadian politician) (1831–1908), Canadian Member of Parliament for Norfolk South, 1882–1887
- Joseph Raymond Jackson (1880–1969), judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
- Joseph Jackson (Australian politician), Australian Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Sydney, 1922–1927
- Joseph Cooksey Jackson, British Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe, 1931–1935
- Sir Joe Jackson (police officer) (1902–1975), Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, 1953–1963
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