Jacob Romeis
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jacob Romeis
|image=Jacob Romeis.jpg
|state=Ohio
|district={{ushr|Ohio|10|10th}}
|term_start=March 4, 1885
|term_end=March 3, 1889
|preceded=Frank H. Hurd
|succeeded=William E. Haynes
|office2= 26th Mayor of Toledo, Ohio
|term_start2=1879
|term_end2=1885
|preceded2=William W. Jones
|succeeded2=Jacob W. Scheets
|party=Republican
|birth_place=Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation
|death_place=Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
|restingplace=Woodlawn Cemetery
|birth_date={{birth date|1835|12|1}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1904|3|8|1835|12|1}}
|signature = Signature of Jacob Romeis (1835–1904).png
}}
Jacob Romeis (December 1, 1835{{spnd}}March 8, 1904) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1885 to 1889.
Biography
Born in Weisenbach, Bavaria in the German Confederation, Romeis attended the village schools. He immigrated in 1847 to the United States with his parents, who settled in Erie County, New York, and attended the public and select schools of Buffalo, New York. He engaged in the shipping business and railroading. He moved to Toledo, Ohio, 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 Republican 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 Toledo, Ohio on March 8, 1904. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|6568390}}
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Category:Bavarian emigrants to the United States
Category:Mayors of Toledo, Ohio
Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives