Jacob Hibshman (January 31, 1772May 19, 1852) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district.

Early life

Jacob Hibshman was born on a farm near Ephrata in the

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. He attended the common schools and a private school in

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. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as associate judge of

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from 1810 to 1819.

Career

Hibshman was elected as a Republican to the

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Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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to the Seventeenth Congress. He was deputy surveyor of Lancaster County for twenty years. He was a justice of the peace and chairman of the board of canal appraisers. He served as major general of the Pennsylvania Militia for twelve years. He organized the

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, in 1844 and served as its first president. He died at his residence near Ephrata on May 19, 1852. Interment in the Hibshman Cemetery on the farm near Ephrata.

References

1772 births 1852 deaths Politicians from Lancaster, Pennsylvania People from Ephrata, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania state court judges American surveyors Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub