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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJacob HIBSHMAN
(1772-1852)
HIBSHMAN, Jacob, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born on a farm near Ephrata,
Lancaster County, Pa., January 31, 1772; attended the common
schools and a private school in Harrisburg, Pa.; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; associate judge of Lancaster County
1810-1819; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March
4, 1819-March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; deputy surveyor of Lancaster
County for twenty years; justice of the peace; chairman of the
board of canal appraisers; major general of Pennsylvania Militia
for twelve years; organized the Northern Mutual Insurance Co., in
1844 and served as its first president; died at his residence near
Ephrata, Pa., May 19, 1852; interment in the Hibshman Cemetery on
the farm near Ephrata, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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