Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler (November 22, 1818 – November 24, 1899) was a

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from

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from 1879 to 1881.

Biography

Born in

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, Hostetler attended the common schools, and apprenticed to learn the

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's trade. He later engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the

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from 1854 to 1858.

Congress

Hostetler was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-Seventh Congress.

Later career and death

He then engaged in mercantile pursuits, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880. He died near

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, November 24, 1899. He was interred in the Leatherwood Church Cemetery, near

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