Ferris Jacobs, Jr.

Ferris Jacobs Jr. ( born March 20, 1836 in Delhi, New York; † 30 August1886 in White Plains, New York) was an American lawyer, soldier and politician. Between 1881 and 1883 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ferris Jacobs junior attended Delaware Academy in Delhi and the Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin. In 1856 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1859, he began practicing in Delhi. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army. On August 26, 1861, he joined the 3rd New York Cavalry, where he held the rank of Captain. He was promoted on March 15, 1865 Lieutenant Colonel in the 26th New York Cavalry, and on March 13, 1865 Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers. After the war he was in Delhi again as a lawyer. It was 1865 and in 1866 was elected district attorney. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. He took 1880 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in part.

In the congressional elections of 1880 for the 47th Congress Jacobs was in the 21 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David Wilber on March 4, 1881. Since he gave up for reelection in 1882, he retired after March 3, 1883 from the Congress.

After his conference time he went back to his work as a lawyer after. He died on August 30, 1886 in White Plains and was then buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Delhi.