Jacob Holgate
Jacob Holgate
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Sessions
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801-1802 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1802-1803 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1803-1804 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1804-1805 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1805-1806 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1810-1811 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1811-1812 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1812-1813 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1814-1815 | Representative | Speaker | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1815-1816 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1821-1822 | Representative | Democrat | ||
| 1822-1823 | Representative | Democrat | ||
| 1823-1824 | Representative | Democrat | ||
| Counties | Philadelphia | |||
Biography
06/10/1767 - 09/19/1832
HOLGATE, Jacob, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 10, 1767 in Germantown Township (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa.; engaged, fulling and paper milling; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1801-1802, 1802-1803, 1803-1804, 1804-1805 and 1805-1806 terms; director, Philadelphia National Bank (1810); reelected to the House for the 1810-1811, 1811-1812, 1812-1813, 1814-1815 and 1815-1816 terms; elected, Speaker (1814-1815); unsuccessful campaigns for reelection to the House (1806, 1807, 1816); proprietor, Holgate & Hicks Gristmill; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1821-1822, 1822-1823 and 1823-1824 terms; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1822); appointed, State Internal Improvement Commission (1824); elected, presidential elector (1828); died, September 19, 1832 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. Michael’s Lutheran Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.