Biography

02/06/1784 - 02/26/1841

Jacob Herrington (D20) Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties 1821-1822 (D23) Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties 1822-1825

Early Life:

Jacob Herrington born February 6, 1784; son of James and Ann Clayton Herrington of Baltimore County, Maryland; moved to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; engaged, printing business; moved, Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, 1811; published Democratic Western Press; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1813-1821; married, Clarissa Spencer, 1814; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1821-1825; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1826; general store operator; eastern cattle herder; and innkeeper; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1834-1835; moved, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, 1838; died, February 26, 1841, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois; interment, West Side Cemetery, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Mercer and Venango Counties, 1813-1815. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1815-1817.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1818-1821. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1821-1822.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 23rd district, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1822-1825.

Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, District 18 Pennsylvania, Special Election, 1826.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Jacob Herrington (1784-1841) - Find a Grave Memorial