Jacob Joseph Pugsley | |
State1: | Ohio |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1887 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1891 |
Preceded1: | Albert C. Thompson |
Succeeded1: | William H. Enochs |
Office2: | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Highland County |
Term Start2: | January 4, 1886 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1887 |
Preceded2: | William H. Reed |
Succeeded2: | D. M. Massie |
Office3: | Member of the Ohio Senate from the 6th district |
Term Start3: | January 4, 1880 |
Term End3: | January 6, 1884 |
Preceded3: | Henry C. Dawson |
Succeeded3: | David M. Barrett |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1838 |
Birth Place: | Dutchess County, New York, US |
Death Place: | Hillsboro, Ohio, US |
Restingplace: | Hillsboro Cemetery |
Alma Mater: | Miami University |
Jacob Joseph Pugsley (January 25, 1838 – February 5, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1887 to 1891.
Born in Dutchess County, New York, Pugsley moved to Ohio with his parents in 1839.He graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Dayton, Ohio.He moved to Hillsboro, Ohio, and continued the practice of law.
In 1866, he married Cornelia Dabney Price. They had a daughter, Nannie Price Pugsley.[1]
He served as a member of the State house of representatives 1880–1883.He served in the Ohio Senate in 1886 and 1887.
Pugsley was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.
He died in Hillsboro, Ohio on February 5, 1920.He was interred in Hillsboro Cemetery.