Jacob Romeis (December 1, 1835March 8, 1904) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1885 to 1889.

Biography

Born in Weisenbach,

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in the

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, Romeis attended the village schools. He immigrated in 1847 to the United States with his parents, who settled in

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, and attended the public and select schools of

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. He engaged in the shipping business and railroading. He moved to

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, in 1856. Romeis was elected to the board of aldermen of the city of Toledo in 1874. He was reelected in 1876 and served as president of the board in 1877. He served as mayor of Toledo from 1879 to 1885. Romeis was elected as a

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to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress. He later engaged in fruit growing near Toledo. He died in

on March 8, 1904. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romeis, Jacob 1835 births 1904 deaths German emigrants to the United States Mayors of Toledo, Ohio 19th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio