Jacob Haussling

Jacob Haussling, was the four time Democratic Mayor of Newark, New Jersey who took his own life on February 25, 1921. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Newark Ex-mayor Haussling a Suicide |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9902E5DE133CE533A25755C2A9649C946095D6CF |quote=Jacob Haussling, four times Democratic Mayor of Newark, whose personal and political fortunes had waned of late years, stabbed himself to death yester day. Mrs. Haussling, who sat all day beside the body in the couple's Newark home, 440 High Street, epitomized the story of the ex-Mayor's decline when she said: |publisher=The New York Times |date=February 26, 1921 |accessdate=2008-06-30 ]

Biography

Jacob Haussling declined to seek re-election to a third term in 1915. [cite web |url=http://www.politickernj.com/tags/jacob-haussling |title=Jacob Haussling |accessdate=2008-06-30 |quote=Sharpe James becomes the first Mayor of Newark to retire from office voluntarily since Jacob Haussling declined to seek re-election to a third term in 1915. Of the thirteen Mayors who have served since Hausslig, nine has lost re-election bids and three have died in office. |publisher=PolitickerNJ.com |accessdate=2008-06-30 |]

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