Jacob D. Leighty

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jacob D. Leighty | honorific_suffix = | image = JacobDLeighty.jpg | alt = | state1 = Indiana | district1 = 12th | term_start1 = March 4, 1895 | term_end1 = March 3, 1897 | predecessor1 = William F. McNagny | successor1 = James M. Robinson | office2 = Member of the Indiana House of Representatives | term2 = 1886-1888 | birth_date = November 15, 1839 | birth_place = Greensburg, Pennsylvania | death_date = October 18, 1912 (aged 72) | death_place = St. Joe, Indiana | resting_place = Riverview Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Republican | other_party =  | spouse = | partner =  | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Wittenberg College | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes =  | nickname = | allegiance = Union Army | branch = | service_years = 1861–1865 | rank = | unit = Company E, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Zouave Infantry | commands = | battles = | awards = }}

'''Jacob D. Leighty''' (November 15, 1839 – October 18, 1912) was a U.S. representative from Indiana. He had previously served with the Union Army during the American Civil War.

==Early life and Union Army service== Born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania on November 15, 1839, Leighty moved with his parents to De Kalb County, Indiana in 1844, settling on a farm at Spencerville. Educated at public schools, he then spent two years at a commercial school at Fort Wayne following which he entered Wittenberg College, in Springfield, Ohio.

On July 1, 1861, after two years in college, he enlisted in the Union Army, becoming a member of Company E, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Zouave Infantry. He served during the American Civil War.

==Later life and congressional term==

After the war, Leighty engaged in farming and general merchandising with his father until 1875, when he established the town of St. Joe, in Indiana. He served as a member of the State house of representatives from 1886 to 1888, and later was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.

Leighty later worked as a United States pension agent at Indianapolis from 1897 to 1901.

==Death == He died at St. Joe, De Kalb County, Indiana, on October 18, 1912, and is interred in Riverview Cemetery.

==See also== *Union Army *55th United States Congress {{Portal|American Civil War}}

==References== {{CongBio|L000233}} Retrieved on 2008-11-05

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