Dale and Bumgardner payroll. Jacob Schwartz was born in Minnesota of German parents in 1868. He worked on the Capitol as a laborer grading the grounds.

Most of the workers who constructed the Minnesota Capitol belonged to unions. However, it is not clear whether St. Paul laborers were organized during the period when the Capitol was built nor how many laborers or which jobs were represented by a union between 1896 and 1907. So whether Schwartz was a union member during the Capitol construction is currently unknown.