Charles Donald Jacob

Charles Donald Jacob (June 1, 1838 – December 25, 1898)^[1] was an American politician who served four terms as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, two consecutively in 1873-78, then later in 1882-84 and 1888-90. He also served as the U.S. minister to Colombia in 1885–1886. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

In Mayor Jacob's third term, he oversaw the opening of the Southern Exposition. Perhaps Jacob's most lasting contribution was his fourth-term establishment in 1889 of a large park in Louisville, today called Iroquois Park, which was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Family

Charles Jacob was the son of John J. Jacob, the financier and philanthropist who was Louisville's first millionaire, and his wife. His older brother was Richard Taylor Jacob, who became Kentucky Lieutenant Governor, and his brother-in-law was James Brown Clay, who was elected as a U.S. Representative. Jacob is interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.

Legacy and honors

The Jacobs neighborhood in Louisville is named for him.

References

^ Legendary Locals of Louisville

External links

Political offices
Preceded by John G. Baxter	Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky 1873–1878	Succeeded by John G. Baxter
Preceded by John G. Baxter	Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky 1882–1884	Succeeded by P. Booker Reed
Preceded by P. Booker Reed	Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky 1888–1890	Succeeded by William L. Lyons
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by William L. Scruggs	United States Minister to Colombia 26 January 1886 – 29 May 1886	Succeeded by Dabney H. Maury

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[1] Legendary Locals of Louisville

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v t e United States ambassadors to Colombia
Gran Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Anderson Watts (chargé d'affaires) Harrison Moore
Republic of New Granada
Chargé d'Affaires	McAfee Semple Blackford Bidlack Foote King Green
Minister Resident	Bowlin Jones
United States of Colombia
Minister Resident	Burton Sullivan Hurlbut Scruggs Dichman Maney
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Scruggs Jacob
Republic of Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maury Abbott McKinney Hart Beaupre Russell Barrett T. Dawson Northcott DuBois Thompson Philip Piles Caffery Whitehouse W. Dawson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Braden Lane Wiley Beaulac Waynick Schoenfeld Bonsal Cabot McIntosh Freeman Oliver Carlson Vaughn Saccio Vaky Sanchez Asencio Boyatt Tambs Gillespie McNamara Busby Frechette Kamman Patterson Wood Brownfield McKinley Whitaker Goldberg Palmieri (chargé d'affaires)