Jacob Gould (February 10, 1794 – November 18, 1867) was the second overall and first Democratic mayor of Rochester, New York.
Gould arrived in Rochester from Massachusetts as a school teacher and became one of the area's first shoemakers.
After his one-year term as mayor, Gould went on to work for Rochester banks, railroads, and at the University of Rochester as one of the school's first trustees.
[2] He is also notable for having fought against the acquisition by the city of the land for Mount Hope Cemetery.
Gould declared the hilly land was not "fit for pasturing rabbits."