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{{short description|American politician}}

'''Jacob Hahn''' was a [[cigar maker]] from [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]] who served one term as a [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]].

Hahn was born in [[Wittlich]], [[German Empire|Germany]] on October 10, 1879. He came to Milwaukee in 1883, attended the [[state school|public schools]], learned the craft of cigarmaking, and had been a [[trade union]] member of the [[Cigar Makers' International Union|Cigar Maker's Union]] for the past thirteen years when elected. Hahn was married to Martha Strasse. He died March 24, 1970 in Milwaukee.<ref>'Ex-Assemblyman Jacob Hahn Dies,' '''Wisconsin State Journal,''' March 27, 1970, section 2, pg. 2</ref>

== Legislature ==
In 1910, Hahn was elected to the Fifth [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee County]] Assembly seat (5th and 12th [[wards of the United States|Wards]] of the City of Milwaukee), unseating incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Michael Kalaher]] with 1,581 votes to 982 for Kalaher and 779 for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Albert T. Jenkins. He was assigned to the [[standing committee]]s on [[excises]] and [[fees]], and on [[engrossed bill]]s.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1911 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The blue book of the state of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911; pp. 346, 351-52, 771]</ref>

By 1912, a [[redistricting]] had split Hahn's district into two new districts matching the numbers of the wards which made them up. The new Fifth elected Democrat [[Charles Stemper]], and the new Twelfth elected Hahn's fellow Socialist and union activist [[William L. Smith (barber)|William L. Smith]].<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1913 ''The Wisconsin blue book'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1913; pp. 672, 674]</ref> Hahn returned to the cigar trade.

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