Orange Jacobs

Orange Jacobs

Orange Jacobs (May 2, 1827 - May 21, 1914) was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.

Born near Geneseo, New York, Jacobs moved with his parents to Michigan Territory in 1831. He attended the common schools, Albion (Michigan) College, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He studied law. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1851 and commenced practice in Sturgis, Michigan. He moved to the Territory of Oregon in 1852 and settled in Jacksonville, Jackson County, and continued the practice of law. There he edited and published the Jacksonville Sentinel until 1859, when he moved to the Territory of Washington. Jacobs served as an associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington in 1869, and as Chief justice of the supreme court from 1871-1875.

Jacobs was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He resumed the practice of law in Seattle. He served as mayor of Seattle in 1880. He served as member of the Territorial council 1885-1887. He served as member of the Seattle charter revision commission in 1889. Corporation counsel for the city of Seattle in 1890. He served as judge of the superior court of King County 1896-1900. He died in Seattle, Washington, May 21, 1914. He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Source

• Orange Jacobs at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Orange Jacobs at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Beriah Brown	Mayor of Seattle 1879–1880	Succeeded by Leonard Purley Smith

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Name	Jacobs, Orange
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Date of birth	May 2, 1827
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Date of death	May 21, 1914
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