John Andrew Hiestand

John Andrew Hiestand (born October 2, 1824 in East Donegal , Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , †  December 13, 1890 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Hiestand attended his homeland public schools, a school in Marietta and Pennsylvania College in Gettysburg . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1849, he began to work in Lancaster in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party at the time . He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1852, 1853, and 1856 . In 1858 he gave up his legal practice. Instead, he got into the newspaper business and became a partner in the Lancaster Examiner newspaper . After the dissolution of the Whigs, Hiestand joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . In 1860 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate ; In 1868 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . Between 1871 and 1879 he held the post of Naval Officer in the Port of Philadelphia .

In the congressional election of 1884 , Hiestand was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Abraham Mr Smith on March 4, 1885 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889. In 1888 he was not re-elected. John Hiestand died in Lancaster on December 13, 1890 and was buried in Marietta.

Web links

• John Andrew Hiestand in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Andrew Hiestand in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Abraham Lord Smith	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	David B. Brunner