Jacob Summers

Jacob Summers (January 7, 1787 – July 25, 1863) was an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate.

Jacob Summers
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Macomb County district
In office
November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 2, 1837 – January 6, 1838
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 4th district
In office
January 7, 1838 – January 3, 1841
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 1st district
In office
January 1, 1849 – January 31, 1851
Personal details
Born(1787 -01-07)January 7, 1787
New Jersey
DiedJuly 25, 1863(1863-07-25) (aged 76)
Political partyDemocratic

Biography

Jacob Summers was born in New Jersey on January 7, 1787,[1] the youngest of five sons of Jacob Summers and Mary Hiles.[2] His father became a judge in Philadelphia, and Summers settled in Shelby, Michigan, in 1831, where he was a farmer.[1]

Summers was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 after the adoption of the state's first constitution. He later served six terms in the Michigan Senate. He served as a county supervisor in 1836, and was also an associate judge in Macomb County. He was described as "a man of strong mind, but uneducated, indolent and eccentric", and as an influential legislator.[1]

In 1837, Summers was the director and president of a wildcat bank named the Bank of Utica. By the end of the following year, it was broke and was shut down.[3]

He died on July 25, 1863.[1]

Family

Summers had nine children: Phebe, Ann, George, Barbara, Rebecca, David, John, Margaret, and William.[2]

Notes
  1. Bingham 1888, p. 623.
  2. Leeson 1882, p. 738.
  3. Eldredge 1905, p. 598.

References
  • Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-12-03
  • Eldredge, Robert F. (1905), Past and Present of Macomb County, Michigan, Chicago: S. J. Clarke, retrieved 2018-12-03
  • Leeson, M. A. (1882), History of Macomb County, Michigan, Chicago: M. A. Leeson, retrieved 2018-12-03
  • Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-12-03
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