Jacob Call

Jacob Call ( * in Kentucky, † April 20, 1826 in Frankfort, Kentucky ) was an American politician. In 1824 and 1825 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

The date of birth and the exact birthplace of Jacob call are not recorded. He grew up in Kentucky, where he also went to school. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in his new profession in Vincennes and Princeton, Indiana. In 1820, he lost a case as a lawyer ( Polly v. LaSelle ), whose result was the release of all slaves in Indiana. Between 1817 and 1818, and again from 1822 to 1824 call was District Judge in Knox County.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the early 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson. After the death of Prince William deputies he was at the due election for the first seat of Indiana as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 23 December 1824. But until March 3, 1825, he could only finish the current term in Congress.

Call Jacob returned to Kentucky and died on April 20, 1826 in Frankfort.