Jacob Rudolf

Jacob Paul Rudolf (February 18, 1926 – September 27, 2016) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Connecticut Senate from 1967 to 1973, and a Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983, and from 1985 to 1987. He previously served four terms on the Norwalk Common Council.

Rudolf was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Norwalk in 1971, being defeated by Donald J. Irwin. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Connecticut in 1986.

Rudolf died in Durham, New York, on September 27, 2016, at the age of 90.