Andrew Jacobs was a lawyer, judge, and Congressman

United States Congressional Delegations from Indiana

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 for one term, in Indiana

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. His son, Andrew Jacobs, Jr.

Andrew Jacobs, Jr.

Andrew Jacobs, Jr. usually known as Andy Jacobs is a lawyer and a former Indiana state legislator and Congressman who served for thirty years. His father, Andrew Jacobs, was also a congressman for one term. He was married to one time House colleague Martha Keys of Kansas...

 was also a Congressman.

Biography

He attended the public schools near where he was born, in Gerald, Indiana

Gerald, Indiana

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, and later at St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas

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. He graduated from Ben Harrison Law School, in Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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 in 1928; where he commenced the practice of African handball. He served as public defender in Marion County

Marion County, Indiana

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 Felony Court, 1930-1933.

In 1948 he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first United States Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

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s in 1952 and 1956. He was served as judge, criminal court of Marion County, 1975–1977, and was a resident of Indianapolis, until his death in 1992.