Jacob C. Isacks

Jacob C. Isacks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Robert Allen
Succeeded by	James I. Standifer
Personal details
Born	(1767-01-01)January 1, 1767 Montgomery County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Died	August 31, 1835(1835-08-31) (aged 68) Winchester, Tennessee, U.S.
Party	Jackson Democratic-Republican
Profession	politician

Jacob C. Isacks (January 1, 1767 – August 31, 1835 [1]) was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.

Biography

Isacks was born in Montgomery County in the Province of Pennsylvania and later moved to Winchester, Tennessee. He was elected as a Jackson Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and was re-elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth through Twenty-second Congresses. He was in office from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1833. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Public Lands during the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1832. He owned slaves. He died in Winchester, Tennessee. The location of his place of interment is unknown.