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Jacob F. Jacobson (January 13, 1849 – April 19, 1938) was an American businessman and politician. Jacobson was born in
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and emigrated to the United States in 1857. He moved to Dover Township, Fayette County, Iowa and then settled in Madison,
Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota Lac qui Parle County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 6,719. Its county seat is Madison, Minnesota, Madison. T ...
in 1871 with his wife and family. He was an agriculture implement dealer. Jacobson served as the Lac qui Parle County Auditor and was the president of the Lac qui Parle County Agriculture Society. Jacobson served in the
Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...
in 1889 and 1890 and from 1893 to 1902. He was a Republican. Jacobson died at his home in Madison, Minnesota.'J.F. Jacobson Rites Friday,' Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), April 21, 1938, pg. 5


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1849 births 1938 deaths Norwegian emigrants to the United States People from Ryfylke People from Madison, Minnesota Businesspeople from Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Republican-stub