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Representative Jacob Y. Blackwell View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 2/25/1906
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 12 (1868)
Home County: Johnson
Jacob Y. Blackwell
Johnson County

Jacob Y. Blackwell was born in Hackettstown, N. J., in 1814; he died at the home of his son in Long Branch, N. J., Feb. 25, 1906. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Iowa, living first in Muscatine, then in Andrew, Jackson county. In 1864 he removed to Iowa City. He represented Johnson county in the Twelfth General Assembly as the colleague of John P. Irish.

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House District 26
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12th GA (1868)
Standing Committees
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12th GA (1868)