Richard Taylor Jacob
Deceased Person
1825 – 1903
Who was Richard Taylor Jacob?
Richard Taylor Jacob was an American attorney and politician, elected as 17th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Although a slaveholder, he was loyal to the Union during the American Civil War, raising the 9th Kentucky Cavalry for its defense.
Due to his supporting the Republican Party candidacy of George B. McClellan for the presidency in 1864, in addition to other differences, Kentucky Governor Thomas Bramlette ordered Jacob arrested by the Union commander and expelled from the state during the war, sending him to Richmond, Virginia. Jacob appealed to President Abraham Lincoln and was allowed to return to Kentucky.
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