# Jacob Rummel

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{{short description|American politician (1857–1928)}}
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{{infobox officeholder
|name          = Jacob Rummel
|image         = Jacob Rummel.jpg
|caption       = Rummel {{circa}} 1905
|state_senate  = Wisconsin
|district      = [6th](/source/Wisconsin's_6th_Senate_district)
|term_start    = January 2, 1905
|term_end      = January 4, 1909
|predecessor   = [Rip Reukema](/source/Rip_Reukema)
|successor     = [Winfield Gaylord](/source/Winfield_Gaylord)
|party         = [Socialist](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America)
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1857|4|17}}
|birth_place   = [Washington County, Wisconsin](/source/Washington_County%2C_Wisconsin), U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1928|3|26|1857|4|17}}
|death_place   = [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin), U.S.
|resting_place = [Forest Home Cemetery](/source/Forest_Home_Cemetery), Milwaukee
|occupation    = [Cigar](/source/Cigar)maker
}}
'''Jacob Rummel''' (April 17, 1857{{spnd}}March 26, 1928) was an [American](/source/Americans) [cigar](/source/cigar)maker and [Socialist](/source/Socialist_Party_of_the_United_States) politician from [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin).  He served four years as a member of the [Wisconsin Senate](/source/Wisconsin_Senate), representing [Wisconsin's 6th Senate district](/source/Wisconsin's_6th_Senate_district) from 1905 to 1909.  He also served as a member of the [Milwaukee Common Council](/source/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](/source/Washington_County%2C_Wisconsin), where he attended [public schools](/source/state_school). 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](/source/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](/source/wards_of_the_United_States) of the City of Milwaukee), a seat held by [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) [Rip Reukema](/source/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](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))).<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](/source/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](/source/Politics_of_the_United_States)

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|122887147|Jacob Rummel}}

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Category:Cigar makers
Category:Politicians from Milwaukee
Category:People from Washington County, Wisconsin
Category:Socialist Party of America politicians from Wisconsin
Category:Wisconsin state senators
Category:Candidates in the 1907 United States elections
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
Category:Burials at Forest Home Cemetery

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