- Ferris Jacobs, Jr.
Infobox_Congressman
name=Ferris Jacobs, Jr.
state=New York
district=21st
term=March 4 ,1881 -March 3 ,1883
preceded=David Wilber
succeeded=George W. Ray
date of birth=March 20 ,1836
place of birth=Delhi, New York
date of death=August 30 ,1886
place of death=White Plains, New York
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party=Republican|Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (
March 20 ,1836 -August 30 ,1886 ) was aUnited States Representative fromNew York .Born in Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y., attended
Delaware Academy , Delhi, N.Y., and Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, N.Y.; was graduated fromWilliams College , Williamstown,Massachusetts , in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Delhi; during theAmerican Civil War served in theUnion Army ; commissioned captain of the Third New York CavalryAugust 26 ,1861 ; lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-sixth New York CavalryMarch 15 ,1865 ; brevettedbrigadier general of VolunteersMarch 13 , 1865; resumed law practice in Delhi, N.Y.; elected district attorney in 1865 and 1866; delegate to theRepublican 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.External links
*CongBio|J000035 Retrieved on
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