Jacob Ruppert
Jacob Ruppert, Jr. was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and United States Congressman who served for four terms representing New York from 1899 to 1907. He also owned the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1915 until his death in 1939.
Ruppert was born in New York City, the son of brewer Jacob Ruppert, Sr. and his wife, the former Anna Gillig . He was the second oldest of six children, along with Cornelia RuppertFranko , Anna Schalk , Frank , George and Amanda Elizabeth Lizzie RuppertSilleck . His grandfather Franz , a brewer from Bavaria, had emigrated to the United States in 1836 or 1842. His mother was also of German ethnicity, and was herself the daughter of prominent brewer George Gillig. Although he was a secondgeneration American, to the day he died he spoke with a noticeable German accent.
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