Background
Erdman, Jacob was born on February 22, 1801 in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Erdman, Jacob was born on February 22, 1801 in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jacob Erdman (grandfather of Constantine Jacob Erdman) was born in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. Erdman was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846.
He was elected associate judge of Lehigh County Court on November 9, 1866, and served until his death in Coopersburg in 1867.
Interment in Blue Church Cemetery near Coopersburg.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1836.