Jacob Holgate was a businessman, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and served as speaker of the House in 1815.
15 Facts About Jacob Holgate
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Jacob Holgate was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1801 from Philadelphia County.
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In 1810, Jacob Holgate was elected by the Pennsylvania State Legislature as a director of the Philadelphia National Bank.
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Jacob Holgate served on the Pennsylvania state committee for the re-election of James Madison in 1812.
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In December, 1814, Jacob Holgate was elected Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
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Jacob Holgate was active on a committee to support the re-election of President James Monroe in 1820.
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Jacob Holgate was talked about as a possible candidate for governor of Pennsylvania but never received his party's nomination.
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At the 1824 Pennsylvania Democrat Convention, Jacob Holgate was chosen as chairman and later president.
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Jacob Holgate served as a presidential elector for Andrew Jackson in the Election of 1824 and in the Election of 1828.
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On March 31,1824, Jacob Holgate was appointed to the board of canal commissioners.
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On May 25,1826, Jacob Holgate was chosen as chair of a Philadelphia public meeting in favor of electing Andrew Jackson as the next president.
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Jacob Holgate served as secretary on the Committee of Superintendence and Viligence, for the City and County of Philadelphia in 1826.
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Jacob Holgate served as a Philadelphia delegate to the Tariff Convention in New York held on October 26,1831.
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When his father died in 1817, Jacob Holgate sold the property to William Weaver.
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On June 28,1827, Jacob Holgate chaired a meeting in Germantown consisting of manufacturers, farmers, and mechanics.