Jacob Romeis (December 1, 1835 – March 8, 1904) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1885 to 1889.

Born in Weisenbach, Bavaria in the German Confederation, Romeis attended the village schools.

He immigrated in 1847 to the United States with his parents, who settled in Erie County, New York, and attended the public and select schools of Buffalo, New York.

Romeis was elected to the board of aldermen of the city of Toledo in 1874.

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