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Jacob C. Isacks (January 1, 1767August 31, 183

was an American politician who represented
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in the
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.


Biography

Isacks was born in Montgomery County in the
Province of Pennsylvania The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn after receiving a land grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania ("Penn's Woods") refers to W ...
and later moved to
Winchester, Tennessee Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Tullahoma, Tennessee Tullahoma micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Winchester as ...
. He was elected as a
Jackson Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
to the Eighteenth Congress and was re-elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth through Twenty-second Congresses. He was in office from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1833. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Public Lands during the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1832. He owned slaves. He died in Winchester, Tennessee. The location of his place of interment is unknown.


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1767 births 1835 deaths Politicians from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania People of colonial Pennsylvania Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee American slave owners {{Tennessee-politician-stub