Charles Donald Jacob

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Charles Donald Jacob (1838-1898) served three terms as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky (1873-78, 1882-84, and 1888-90). He also served as the U.S. minister to Colombia in 1885-1886. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Perhaps Mayor Jacob's most lasting contribution to his city was the establishment in 1888 of a large park, today called Iroquois Park, that was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Jacob was the brother of Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Richard Taylor Jacob and brother-in-law of U.S. Representative James Brown Clay. Jacob is interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.

The Jacobs neighborhood is named for him.

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Civic offices
Preceded by John G. Baxter	Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky 1873–1878	Succeeded by John G. Baxter
Preceded by John G. Baxter	Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky 1882–1884	Succeeded by P. Booker Reed
Preceded by P. Booker Reed	Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky 1888–1890	Succeeded by William L. Lyons
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by William L. Scruggs	United States Minister to Colombia 26 January 1886–29 May 1886	Succeeded by Dabney H. Maury

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