Jacob Radcliff or Radclift (April 20, 1764 – May 6, 1844) was a jurist, lawyer and politician.
He served as Mayor of New York City from 1810 to 1811, and from 1815 to 1818.
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Early life and education
He was born on April 20, 1764, in Rhinebeck, New York.
Radcliff graduated from Princeton University in 1783.
Career and marriage
Radcliff practiced law under Egbert Benson, the first New York Attorney General. He was admitted to the bar in 1786.
About the same time, he married Juliana Smith, the daughter of Cotton Mather Smith and descendent of Richard Mather.
While practicing law in Poughkeepsie, New York, he was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess County) in the 1795 18th New York State Legislature and was one of the twelve members of the Joint Committee on Elections of the Senate and Assembly of New York.