John P. Jaeckel

John P. Jaeckel

John P. Jaeckel (born April 22, 1865 in Syracuse , New York , † June 16, 1941 in Auburn , New York) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He was New York Treasurer of State from 1899 to 1903 .

Career

John P. Jaeckel, son of German immigrants, was born in Onondaga County at the end of the Civil War . The family then moved to Auburn, New York. Nothing is known about his youth. He worked as a money order clerk at the Auburn post office and later as a clerk and accountant for a coal dealer. From 1895 to 1898 he was Auburn City Treasurer. Jaeckel was elected Treasurer of State of New York in 1898 and re-elected in 1900. On October 29, 1901, he was the jury spokesman and witness at the execution of Leon Czolgosz in Auburn State Prison . Jaeckel was President of the New York State Prison Commission and a member of the New York State Board of Parole, which in 1904 rejected the parole of the multiple racketeer Albert J. Adams . In 1920 he was elected the first Auburn City Manager .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} John P. Jaeckel, The New York Times, June 17, 1941
2. ↑ ^{a b} John P. Jaeckel on the website of The Political Graveyard
3. ^ ^{A b c d} The New York Red Book , Williams Press, 1901, p. 47
4. ^ Czolgosz's Last Day , The Baltimore Sun , January 19, 1905
5. ↑ Assassin Czolgosz Is Executed At Auburn, The New York Times, October 30, 1901
6. ^ No Parole For "Al" Adams , The New York Times, April 6, 1904