Jacob Sloat Fassett

Jacob Sloat Fassett

Jacob Sloat Fassett (born November 13, 1853 in Elmira , New York , †  April 21, 1924 in Vancouver , Canada ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1911 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jacob Fassett attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1875 at the University of Rochester . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1878, he began to work in this profession in Elmira. In the years 1878 and 1879 he was district attorney in the local Chemung County . At that time he acquired the Elmira Daily Advertiser newspaper , which he owned until 1896. Between 1879 and 1882 he studied at the University of Heidelberg . After returning to Elmira in 1882, he returned to practice as a lawyer. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1884 and 1891 he was a member of the New York Senate , of which he was president from 1889 to 1891. In the years 1880, 1892 and 1916 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions . From 1888 to 1892 he was a member of the Republican National Committee as secretary . In 1891 he applied for the office of governor of New York, but was defeated by the Democrat Roswell P. Flower . In August and September of this year he was in charge of customs in New York Harbor for a few weeks . In 1904 he was also a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state.

In the congressional elections of 1904 Fassett was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 33rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Charles W. Gillet on March 4, 1905 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1911 . In 1910 he was not reconfirmed. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Jacob Fassett worked in Elmira in the banking and timber business. He also invested in Asia, especially in mining. In 1918 he was chairman of the Republican Advisory Convention . He died on April 21, 1924 on his way home from a business trip to Japan in Vancouver and was buried in Elmira.

Web links

• Jacob Sloat Fassett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles W. Gillet	United States House of Representatives for New York (33rd constituency) March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911	Edwin S. Underhill