Jacob F. Wolters

Jacob Franklin Wolters (September 2, 1871 – October 8, 1935) was an American politician, lawyer, and military officer. A Democrat, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Born in Austin County, Texas, Wolters studied at Texas Christian University and practiced law. A member of the Texas House from 1897 to 1899, he continued his political career as an anti-Prohibition leader. A veteran in the Spanish–American War and World War I, he commanded the 56th Cavalry Brigade in the latter and in multiple declarations of martial law in Texas afterward.

Early life and early career Wolters was born on September 2, 1871, in Austin County, Texas, on a farm between Industry and New Ulm. He was the son of farmer and businessman Theodore Henry Wolters and Margaret (née Wink) Wolters. Educated at public schools in Schulenburg, he studied at Texas Christian University for two years. He then read law in La Grange.

Politics Wolters was a Democrat. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, from January 12, 1897, to January 10, 1899, representing the 45th district. While serving, he was a member of the Committees on Internal Improvements; on the Judiciary; on Privileges and Elections; and on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Wolters was a candidate for Presidential elector in the 1900 election, later serving as one in the 1904 election. In 1902, he was chairman of Texas's 9th congressional district, as which he helped in the campaign of George F. Burgess.

Wolters opposed Prohibition. In 1908, he was made chairman of the Texas Anti-Prohibition Organization, He pushed for the Southern United States to modernize and grow economically. He refused to let Alvin M. Owsley host a speaking event to protest the martial law, though the event may have been held unlawfully. He was to retire from the unit at age 65, though died before reaching the age. with him being approved by the United States Senate in August. In 1925, Fort Wolters was established and named for him. Shortly before his retirement from the Reserve, he was promoted to major general. When he retired, he was gifted an inscribed silver cup which read "an unpleasant duty well performed". later of Wolters, Blanchard, Woodul & Wolters, which represented companies including the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and the Pullman Company. as well as a member of the Freemasons, the Knights of Pythias, the Sons of Hermann, and the Woodmen of the World. He died on October 8, 1935, aged 64, in Austin, from a myocardial infraction he suffered on October 3. He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, in Houston.