Jacob A. Cantor
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Jacob Aaron Cantor (December 6, 1854 - July 2, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in New York City, Cantor attended the public schools. Reporter on the New York World for several years. He was graduated from the law department of the College of the City of New York in 1875. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City. He served in the State assembly 1885-1887. He served as member of the State senate 1887-1898 and served as president in 1893 and 1894.
Cantor was elected president of the Borough of Manhattan in 1901. He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
Cantor was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis Burton Harrison (November 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He unsuccessfully contested the election of Isaac Siegel to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in New York City. He served as president of the Tax Commission Board of New York City at the time of his death there on July 2, 1921. He was interred in Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
