# Jake Offutt — Babbitt character guide

> Jake Offutt in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Offutt, Jake, Jacob

**First appearance:** 0000-chapter-i

## Who they are

A shady political fixer and acquaintance of Babbitt.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iv)

Revealed as the nominal owner of the Glen Oriole development, with Babbitt and Thompson holding the majority stake.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/vi)

Politician conspiring with Henry T. Thompson to use Babbitt's patriotism for their own gain, expressing desire to run Seneca Doane out of town.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii)

Asks Babbitt to bid on a racetrack plot in Chicago.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/v)

Reported by Henry Thompson as the source of the Traction group's offer.

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