20 Facts About Jake Auchincloss

Jacob Daniel Auchincloss is an American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran serving as the US representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 2021.

Jacob Daniel Jake Auchincloss was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Laurie Glimcher and Hugh Jake Auchincloss.

Jake Auchincloss's stepfather, Gregory Petsko, is a biochemist and biotech entrepreneur who has become a global expert on Alzheimer's disease.

Jake Auchincloss is matrilineally Jewish by descent, and was raised in his mother's faith.

Jake Auchincloss was raised in Newton with his two siblings, and attended Newton North High School.

Jake Auchincloss studied government and economics at Harvard College, graduating with honors, and earned an MBA in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jake Auchincloss commanded infantry in Helmand Province in 2012 and a reconnaissance unit in Panama in 2014.

Jake Auchincloss completed both infantry training in Quantico and the Marine Corps's reconnaissance training in California, profiled in Nate Fick's One Bullet Away.

Jake Auchincloss graduated from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape school in Maine and was an honor graduate from the Basic Airborne Course in Georgia.

Jake Auchincloss continued to serve in the Individual Ready Reserve after leaving active duty and was promoted to major on September 1,2020.

Jake Auchincloss was elected in 2015, defeating the incumbent councilor.

Jake Auchincloss was reelected to the Newton city council in 2017 and 2019.

Jake Auchincloss worked at a cybersecurity startup as a product manager and at Liberty Mutual as a senior manager at its innovation arm, Solaria Labs.

On October 2,2019, Jake Auchincloss announced his candidacy for the open Massachusetts's 4th congressional district to succeed Joe Kennedy III, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate against incumbent Democrat Ed Markey.

Jake Auchincloss earned the support of several Newton politicians, including the president and vice president of the city council and the chair and vice chair of the school committee.

Jake Auchincloss earned additional endorsements throughout the district, including from state representative Paul Schmid of Fall River.

Jake Auchincloss was originally a Democrat but was a registered Republican from 2013 to 2014 while working for Charlie Baker's gubernatorial campaign.

Jake Auchincloss continued to vote in Republican primaries as an independent until late 2015 before becoming a Democrat again.

On January 6,2021, after the 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, Jake Auchincloss tweeted his agreement with lawmakers' calls to remove President Donald Trump from office, either through the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or impeachment.

Jake Auchincloss voted to certify the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in the early morning of January 7,2021.