Jacob Erdman (February 22, 1801 – July 20, 1867) was an American politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1845 to 1847.

Early life

Jacob Erdman was born in

Coopersburg, Pennsylvania Coopersburg is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Coopersburg was 2,447 as of the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Allentown and is located southeast of Allentown, north of Philadelphia, and west of New ...

Political career

He was a member of the

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from 1834 to 1836. Erdman was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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Later career and death

He was elected associate judge of Lehigh County Court on November 9, 1866 and served until his death in

, He is interred in Blue Church Cemetery near Coopersburg.

Sources

1801 births 1867 deaths Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania state court judges Politicians from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century Pennsylvania state court judges 19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub