Hibshman was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 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 Northern 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.[4]
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^"HIBSHMAN, Jacob, (1772 - 1852)". Retrieved August 24, 2013.
^"Index to Politicians". Retrieved August 24, 2013.
^See Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, vol. 27, appendix (1816) (appendix entitled: Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Sitting as the High Court of Impeachment on the Trial of an Article of Accusation and Impeachment Preferred by the House of Representatives, Against Walter Franklin, President, and Jacob Hibshman and Thomas Clark, Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. pp. 316–318, Appendix 10–12. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
^"HIBSHMAN, Jacob, (1772 - 1852)". Retrieved August 24, 2013.
jacob, hibshman, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 20. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Jacob Hibshman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message US House of Representatives 1819 1821 amp Familial Elder to Founder of Ephrata National Bank ENB Jacob HibshmanMember of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 3rd districtIn office March 4 1819 March 3 1821Preceded bySee belowSucceeded bySee belowPersonal detailsBorn 1772 01 31 January 31 1772Ephrata Province of Pennsylvania British AmericaDiedMay 19 1852 1852 05 19 aged 80 Ephrata Pennsylvania U S Political partyDemocratic Republican Jacob Hibshman January 31 1772 May 19 1852 was a member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 3rd congressional district 1 Early life editJacob Hibshman was born on a farm near Ephrata in the Province of Pennsylvania He attended the common schools and a private school in Harrisburg Pennsylvania He engaged in agricultural pursuits and served as associate judge of Lancaster County Pennsylvania from 1810 to 1819 2 In 1817 Hischman and fellow judges of the court Thomas Clark and Walter Franklin were impeached for allegations of corruption and acquitted in an impeachment trial 3 Career editHibshman was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 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 Northern 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 4 References edit HIBSHMAN Jacob 1772 1852 Retrieved August 24 2013 Index to Politicians Retrieved August 24 2013 See Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vol 27 appendix 1816 appendix entitled Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Pennsylvania Sitting as the High Court of Impeachment on the Trial of an Article of Accusation and Impeachment Preferred by the House of Representatives Against Walter Franklin President and Jacob Hibshman and Thomas Clark Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pp 316 318 Appendix 10 12 Retrieved July 8 2023 HIBSHMAN Jacob 1772 1852 Retrieved August 24 2013 U S House of Representatives Preceded byJohn WhitesideJames M Wallace Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 4th congressional district1819 1821alongside James M Wallace Succeeded byJames BuchananJohn Phillips nbsp This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a state judge in Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacob Hibshman amp oldid 1192811856, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
