Background
Hostetter, Jacob was born on May 9, 1754 in near York, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative politician member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Hostetter, Jacob was born on May 9, 1754 in near York, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended the common schools and worked as a clockmaker.
He was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler. He was reelected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress. He moved to Ohio and settled in Columbiana, Ohio, where he died on June 29, 1831.
He was a member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1802.