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Israel Jacobs
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793
Preceded bySee below
Succeeded bySee below
Personal details
Born(1726-06-09)June 9, 1726
near Perkiomen Creek in Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Diedc. December 10, 1796(1796-12-10) (aged 70)
Providence Township, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCongressman

Israel Jacobs (born June 9, 1726; died c. December 10, 1796) was a colonial Pennsylvania Legislator and United States Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district.

Biography

Jaobs was born near the Perkiomen Creek in Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. and attended the public schools. Later, he was engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits,[1] and was a member of the colonial Pennsylvania Assembly 1770–1774.[2]

In 1765, Jacobs became involved in land speculation in Nova Scotia when he joined a land company headed by William Smith, Provost of the College of Philadelphia. The company, which was granted The Township of Monckton that year, also included his brothers Joseph (b.1728) and Benjamin (b.1731).[3] Their sister, Hannah Jacobs, married the noted American astronomer David Rittenhouse.[4]

In 1790, Jacobs was elected to the Second Congress and served from March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1793.[1] He resumed agricultural pursuits, and died in Providence Township. His interment was probably in the graveyard of the Friends Meeting House in Providence.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Biographical Directory
  2. ^ Pennypacker, p. 283
  3. ^ Leonard W Labaree, ed. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, (American Philosophical Society, 1968) Vol. 12, p 345-50
  4. ^ J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Louis H. Everts, 1881) p. 612
  5. ^ Political Graveyard
  • Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker (1872). Annals of Phoenixville and Its Vicinity: From the Settlement to the Year 1871. Phoenixville, PA: Bavis & Pennypacker, printers. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • United States Congress. "Israel Jacobs (id: J000036)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard


Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
1791–1793 		Succeeded by


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