Jacob Falconer

Jacob Alexander Falconer (January 26, 1869 – July 1, 1928) was a one-term congressman from the state of Washington, elected at-large in 1912.

Born in Ontario, Canada, Falconer moved with his parents to Saugatuck, Michigan, in 1873.

After leaving Washington, D.C., Falconer remained on the East Coast and worked in the ship-brokerage business in New York City from 1915 to 1919.

He then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, in 1919 and engaged in road-construction contracting, then to Farmington, New Mexico, in 1925 and was in the oil and gas industry.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress