Ferris Jacobs, Jr. | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district |
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In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
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Preceded by | David Wilber |
Succeeded by | George W. Ray |
Personal details | |
Born | Delhi, New York |
March 20, 1836
Died | August 30, 1886 White Plains, New York |
(aged 50)
Political party | Republican |
Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (March 20, 1836 – August 30, 1886) was a United States Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y., attended Delaware Academy, Delhi, N.Y., and Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, N.Y.; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Delhi; during the American Civil War served in the Union Army; commissioned captain of the Third New York Cavalry August 26, 1861; lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-sixth New York Cavalry March 15, 1865; brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers March 13, 1865; resumed law practice in Delhi, N.Y.; elected district attorney in 1865 and 1866; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883); was not a candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the practice of law; died in White Plains, N.Y., interment in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
References
- Ferris Jacobs, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- "Ferris Jacobs, Jr.". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7783292. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by David Wilber |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1881–1883 |
Succeeded by George W. Ray |