Jake Fisher (judge)

{{Short description|American judge and politician (1871–1951)}}

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{{infobox officeholder

|name=Jake Fisher

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|state_senate1=West Virginia

|district1=10th

|term_start1=December 1, 1904

|term_end1=December 1, 1912

|alongside1=Robert F. Kidd

|predecessor1=Hiram Campbell

|successor1=Fred L. Fox

|office2=Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Braxton County

|term_start2=December 1, 1898

|term_end2=December 1, 1902

|predecessor2=

|successor2=E. B. Carlin

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|birth_date={{birth date|1871|05|26}}

|birth_place={{nowrap|Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S.}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1951|09|06|1871|05|26}}

|death_place=Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, U.S.

|spouse={{marriage|Ella Byrd Corbett|August 5, 1897}}

|party=Democratic

|education={{Indented plainlist|

• National Normal University
• Washington and Lee University (LLB)}}

|occupation={{hlist|Lawyer|politician}}

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Jacob Fisher (May 26, 1871 – September 6, 1951) was an American judge and politician from West Virginia. He served as a member of the state house and senate before being elected to a West Virginia circuit court seat.{{cite book|first=George W.|last=Atkinson|authorlink=George W. Atkinson|title=Bench and Bar of West Virginia|place=Charleston|publisher=Virginian Law Book Company|date=1919|page=319|url=https://archive.org/details/benchbarofwestvi01atki/|accessdate=August 14, 2024|via=Internet Archive}} He was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of West Virginia in the 1924 election.