Jacob Call (died April 20, 1826) was an American lawyer who briefly served as a

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from

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

from 1824 to 1825.

Biography

Born in

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, Call was graduated from an academy in Kentucky where he studied law.

Early career

He was

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and practiced in

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and

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. He served as judge of the Knox County Circuit Court, 1817, 1818, and from 1822 to 1824.

Free slaves case

In 1820, Call represented the defendant in the case of Polly v. Lasselle, losing the case which led to all slaves in the state of

being freed.

Congress

Call was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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William Prince. He served from December 23, 1824 to March 3, 1825.

Death

He died in

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, on April 20, 1826.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Call, Jacob 18th-century births 1826 deaths Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Indiana Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives