Jacob Rudolf

{{Short description|American politician (1926–2016)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Jacob Paul Rudolf

|image=

|caption=

|birth_date={{birth date|1926|02|18}}"United States Public Records," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJVN-8847 : accessed 10 Jun 2014), Jacob P Rudolf, Residence, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States; from a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

|birth_place= South Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.{{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/12136548:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=22813473ef1b284a0dd4a4fd8e3f755d&_phsrc=qTy1717&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=11 December 2022}}

|death_date={{death date and age|2016|09|27|1926|02|18}}

|death_place=Durham, North Carolina , U.S.

|residence=Skytop Dr, Norwalk Ct

38 Stonybrook Road,
Norwalk, Connecticut

|office=Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 25th District

|term_start=1967

|term_end=1973

|predecessor=

|successor=William Lyons

|office2=Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 139th district

|term_start2=1981

|term_end2=1983

|predecessor2=John McGuirk

|successor2=

|term_start3=1985

|term_end3=1987

|predecessor3=

|successor3=Alex Knopp

|party=Republican Party, Republican

|religion=

|alma_mater=

|spouse= Barbara Burke Rudolf

|children= Kathryn Rudolf

}}

Jacob Paul Rudolf (February 18, 1926 – September 27, 2016) was an American politician who was a Republican Party member of the Connecticut Senate{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19901126&id=rAchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5755,3553923 |title=Rudolf considers mayoral run on A Connecticut Party ticket |date=November 26, 1990 |publisher=The Hour |access-date=September 19, 2016}} from 1967 to 1973, and a Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1981{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/22/nyregion/legislative-calls-for-boating-safety.html |title=LEGISLATIVE CALLS FOR BOATING SAFETY |date=November 22, 1981 |publisher=nytimes.com |access-date=September 19, 2016}} to 1983,{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19841103&id=AStJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bgYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1203,457339 |title=Four state organizations back Rudolf |date=November 3, 1984 |publisher=The Hour |access-date=September 19, 2016}} and from 1985 to 1987. He previously served four terms on the Norwalk Common Council.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LSBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XgYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1843%2C898537 The Hour]

Rudolf was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Norwalk in 1971, being defeated by Donald J. Irwin.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Connecticut in 1986.

Rudolf died in Durham, North Carolina, on September 27, 2016, at the age of 90.{{cite web |title=Jacob Rudolf |url=https://www.forevermissed.com/jacob-rudolf/about |website=Forever Missed |access-date=9 May 2023}}