Jacob Call
U.S. Congressperson
– 1826
Who was Jacob Call?
Jacob Call was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, Call was graduated from an academy in Kentucky. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Vincennes and Princeton, Indiana. He served as judge of the Knox County Circuit Court, 1817, 1818, and 1822–1824.
In 1820 Call argued for the defendant in the case of Polly v. Lasselle, losing the case which led to all slaves in the state of Indiana being freed.
Call was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William Prince. He died in Frankfort, Kentucky, April 20, 1826.
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