predecessor successor birth_place president title party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
mel martinez steve preston marshall , texas , u.s. george w. bush united states secretary of housing and urban development republican 9 september 1945 13th march 31 , 2004 alphonso jackson official portrait.jpg alphonso jackson
 april 18 , 2008 alphonso jackson truman state university washington university school of law
alphonso jackson

alphonso r. jackson -lrb- born september 9 , 1945 -rrb- served as the 13th united states secretary of housing and urban development -lrb- hud -rrb- .
he was nominated by president george w. bush on january 28 , 2004 and confirmed by the senate on march 31 , 2004 .
jackson announced his resignation on march 31 , 2008 .
