Jacob Hostetter (May 9, 1754 – June 29, 1831) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Jacob Hostetter was born near York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and worked as was a clockmaker. He was a member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1802. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler. He was reelected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress. He moved to Ohio and settled in Columbiana, Ohio, where he died on June 29, 1831.
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