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Jacob Hibshman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | John Whiteside |
| Succeeded by | James Buchanan |
| Associate Judge of theCourt of Common Pleas ofLancaster County | |
| In office January 24, 1811 – December 1819[1] | |
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| Born | (1772-01-31)January 31, 1772 |
| Died | May 19, 1852(1852-05-19) (aged 80) Ephrata,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic-Republican |
Jacob Hibshman (January 31, 1772 – May 19, 1852) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 3rd congressional district.[2]
Jacob Hibshman was born on a farm nearEphrata in theProvince of Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and a private school inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as associate judge ofLancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1810 to 1819.[3] In 1817, Hischman and fellow judges of the court Thomas Clark andWalter Franklin wereimpeached for allegations ofcorruption and acquitted in animpeachment trial.[4]
Hibshman was elected as a Republican to theSixteenth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1820 to theSeventeenth 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 theNorthern Mutual Insurance Co., 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.[5]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 4th congressional district 1819–1821 alongside:James M. Wallace | Succeeded by |
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