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Ephraim Arnold Jacob (January 14, 1845 – August 24, 1905) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York.


Life

Jacob was born on January 14, 1845, in
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, the son of Julius Jacob. Jacob moved to
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, with his family shortly after his birth and went to school there. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1864 and from
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in 1866. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and began a private law practice in New York City. He also edited a number of legal works, including eleven volumes of the ''Digest of the English Common Law'' from 1879 to 1886 and ''New York Common Pleas Report'' in volumes ten through seventeen of ''Daly's Reports'' in 1894. Jacob was consul of the Central National Bank of New York City. The bank's president was
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, who became
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in January 1895. In June of that year, Strong appointed Jacob, a
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, Justice of the new Court of Special Sessions for a six-year term. His term as Justice expired in 1901, after which he returned to his law practice. Jacob died at home from a short illness on August 24, 1905. He had a wife and two daughters. He was buried in
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.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, Ephraim Arnold 1845 births 1905 deaths Lawyers from Philadelphia 19th-century American Jews 20th-century American Jews City College of New York alumni Columbia Law School alumni 19th-century American lawyers 20th-century American lawyers Lawyers from New York City 19th-century New York state court judges 20th-century New York state court judges New York (state) Democrats Burials at Salem Fields Cemetery