Jacob Sylvester Bugh (January 23, 1826 – October 23, 1901) was an American farmer, judge, and Wisconsin pioneer.
Bugh was born in Somerset, Ohio, in January 1826, although sources have differed on the exact date.
In 1859, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly on the Republican Party ticket, and served in the 1860 session of the Legislature.
[1][2][3] At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he was appointed to the military staff of Governor Alexander Randall with the rank of colonel, to assist in raising Wisconsin volunteers for the Union Army.
[5] After the war, he was appointed assessor of internal revenue for the 5th district of Wisconsin, by President Andrew Johnson, and served in that office for five years.