Jacob Crowninshield

Jacob Crowninshield
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1803 – April 15, 1808
Preceded byWilliam Shepard
Succeeded byJoseph Story
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1801
Personal details
Born(1770-03-31)March 31, 1770
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedApril 15, 1808(1808-04-15) (aged 38)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeHarmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
RelationsBenjamin Williams Crowninshield, Arent S. Crowninshield
ChildrenSarah Crowninshield

Jacob Crowninshield (March 31, 1770 – April 15, 1808) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American maritime affairs. He was the grandfather of Arent S. Crowninshield.