Jacob Krebs (March 13, 1782 – September 26, 1847) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the

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for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1826 to 1827.

Early life

Krebs was born on March 13, 1782, in Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania to Michael and Catherine Kunz Krebs.

Career

As a young man, Krebs relocated from Longswamp Township to Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a large tract of land, part of which became the county farm known today as Rest Haven. He devoted his time to developing this property "and became very wealthy for a man of his time. He stood as one of the most prominent and widely known and influential men of his time," according to an 1893 century book on the history of

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. He married Elizabeth Bayer/Boyer.

Politics

As a politician, Krebs served as a Republican member of the

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from 1812 to 1814. As a

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, he subsequently was elected as a

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to the 19th U.S. Congress, filling the vacancy caused by the death of

Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to ...

. He served in this capacity from December 4, 1826 to March 3, 1827and did not run for reelection. From 1828 to 1836, he served as a

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in the

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, where he represented the Pennsylvania's 6th district. He was elected Register of Wills, Clerk of Courts and Recorder for Schuylkill County, which was a combined office at the time, serving from 1840 to 1842. After each term of his various public offices ended, he consistently returned to his previous occupation in agriculture.

Death

Krebs died in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania on September 26, 1847 at age 65, and was interred at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Orwigsburg.Tombstone

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