Background
Hibshman, Jacob was born on January 31, 1772 in near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Hibshman, Jacob was born on January 31, 1772 in near Ephrata, Pennsylvania, United States.
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. 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 Company, 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.
Member United States House