Jacob Stout (1764 – November 28,[citation needed] 1855) was an American manufacturer and politician from Little Creek Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware.
Like many in the area, his father was a reluctant revolutionary in 1776, but later served six years in the Delaware General Assembly.
Supposedly Stout then commented on the impudence of the ... ram to butt the Governor of Delaware into a tanning vat.
As part of the arrangement it was agreed that Stout would serve but one year and a special gubernatorial election would be held in 1820 for a two-year term.
Stout and the General Assembly supported national action preventing slavery's extension, but most of Delaware's congressional delegation disagreed.
In addition to his political career and tannery, he was active in land reclamation and development projects, helped to lay out the road from Bombay Hook Lighthouse to Smyrna and was one of the founders of the town of Leipsic.