Early Life
Ruppert was born in New York City in 1867. His grandfather, a brewer from Bavaria, emigrated to the United States in 1851. Jacob's father, Jacob Ruppert, Sr., also worked in the brewing industry. His mother, Anna Gillig, was also of German ethnicity. Ruppert had two sisters, Anna and Amanda.
Ruppert attended the Columbia Grammar School. He was accepted into Columbia College, but instead began working in the brewing business with his father in 1887. He started as a barrel washer, working 12 hour days for $10 a week ($259 in current dollar terms). He became vice president and general manager of the brewery.
Ruppert enlisted in the Seventh Regiment, National Guard of New York, serving in the rank of private from 1886 through 1889. In 1890, he was promoted to Colonel and appointed to serve on the staff of David B. Hill, the Governor of New York, serving as aide-de-camp. He became a senior aide on the staff of Roswell P. Flower, Hill's successor as Governor, until 1895.
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