{{short description|American politician (1857–1928)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{infobox officeholder |name = Jacob Rummel |image = Jacob Rummel.jpg |caption = Rummel {{circa}} 1905 |state_senate = Wisconsin |district = 6th |term_start = January 2, 1905 |term_end = January 4, 1909 |predecessor = Rip Reukema |successor = Winfield Gaylord |party = Socialist |birth_date = {{birth date|1857|4|17}} |birth_place = Washington County, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1928|3|26|1857|4|17}} |death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |resting_place = Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee |occupation = Cigarmaker }} '''Jacob Rummel''' (April 17, 1857{{spnd}}March 26, 1928) was an American cigarmaker and Socialist politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served four years as a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 6th Senate district from 1905 to 1909. He also served as a member of the Milwaukee Common Council.<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf ''Members of the Wisconsin Legislature, 1848-1999'' Madison: State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 1999; p. 16] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209014416/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |date=December 9, 2006 }}</ref>
== Background == Rummel was born on April 17, 1857, in Washington County, Wisconsin, where he attended public schools. He came to Milwaukee in 1872 and entered college, and learned the cigar trade, becoming foreman for Williams & Brendle Cigar Mfg. Co. He died at his home in Milwaukee in 1928.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jacob Rummel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3180932/jacob_rummel_18571928/|newspaper=Manitowoc Herald-Times|date=March 28, 1928|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 8, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref>
== Elective office == He was elected state senator on the Social Democratic ticket in 1904 from the Sixth district (9th, 10th, 19th, 20th and 22nd wards of the City of Milwaukee), a seat held by Republican Rip Reukema (who did not seek re-election). Rummel received 5,848 votes against 5,801 for August J. Langhoff (Republican), and 3,127 for Gottfried Hergarten (Democrat).<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1905 Erickson, Halford, ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905; p. 1077]</ref>
He did not run for re-election in 1908, and was succeeded by fellow Socialist Winfield Gaylord.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1909 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909; pp. 492]</ref>
==See also== *Politics of the United States
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Find a Grave|122887147|Jacob Rummel}}
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