Jacob Krebs (March 13, 1782 – September 26, 1847) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1826 to 1827.
He stood as one of the most prominent and widely known and influential men of his time," according to an 1893 century book on the history of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
[5] As a Jacksonian Democrat, he subsequently was elected as a U.S. Representative to the 19th U.S. Congress, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Wilson.
[6] He was elected Register of Wills, Clerk of Courts and Recorder for Schuylkill County, which was a combined office at the time, serving from 1840 to 1842.
After each term of his various public offices ended, he consistently returned to his previous occupation in agriculture.