caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
portrait of governor john jeremiah jacob william e. stevenson henry m. mathews 24 november 1893 green spring , west virginia wheeling , west virginia politician democrat governor of west virginia 9 december 1829 4th march 4 , 1871 jane baird jacob governor j. j. jacob.jpg john j. jacob -lrb- west virginia -rrb-
 march 4 , 1877 john j. jacob
john j. jacob -lrb- west virginia -rrb-

john jeremiah jacob -lrb- december 9 , 1829november 24 , 1893 -rrb- was a democratic politician from green spring -lrb- hampshire county -rrb- , west virginia .
jacob served two terms as the fourth governor of the u.s. state of west virginia .
john jeremiah jacob was also elected to the west virginia house of delegates from hampshire county in 1868 and from ohio county in 1893 .
