Jacob D. Leighty

Jacob D. Leighty

Jacob D. Leighty (born November 15, 1839 in Greensburg , Westmoreland County , Pennsylvania , †  October 18, 1912 in Saint Joe , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1844, Jacob Leighty moved with his parents to DeKalb County , Indiana, where the family settled on a farm near Spencerville . he attended the public schools of his new home and then taught himself before he continued his own training at a business school in Fort Wayne . He then studied at Wittenberg College in Springfield ( Ohio ). He broke off this course after two years to serve as an infantryman in the Union Army during the civil war .

After the war he worked with his father in agriculture and trade until 1875. In 1875 he founded the city of Saint Joe. Politically, Leighty was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1886 and 1888 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Democrat William F. McNagny on March 4, 1895 . Since he lost to James McClellan Robinson in 1896 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1897 .

Between 1897 and 1901 Jacob Leighty was a pension agent in Indianapolis for the federal government. He died on October 18, 1912 in the city of Saint Joe, which he founded, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Jacob D. Leighty in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)