William Hiester

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William Hiester (born October 10, 1790 in Berne , Pennsylvania , † October 13, 1853 in New Holland , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1837 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hiester was born on October 10, 1790 in Berne, Pennsylvania, attended schools there and then worked in agriculture and trade in Lancaster County . During the British-American War he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in the company under Captain Jacob Marshall .

Later, Hiester was active in local politics and government, and between 1823 and 1828 justice of the peace. In 1828 he ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress . In the congressional elections in 1830 he was then elected to March 4, 1831 as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party in the fourth constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 4, 1837 . In 1837 Hiester took part as a delegate to a constitutional convention of the state of Pennsylvania. From 1840 to 1842 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania , in 1842 its president pro tempore.

William Hiester died on October 13, 1853 in New Holland, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania . He left his son, Isaac Ellmaker Hiester , also an American politician and representative of the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives.

Web links

  • William Hiester in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

literature

  • Andrew R. Dodge: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Washington 2005, ISBN 0-16-073176-3 .
  • Charles Robson: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century . Galaxy, Philadelphia 1874.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Soldier of the War of 1812 . In: Reading Eagle . Reading October 12, 1879 ( online ).
predecessor Office successor
James Buchanan United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (4th constituency)
with David Potts
March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1837 		Edward Davies
personal data
SURNAME Hiester, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Berne , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1853
Place of death New Holland , Pennsylvania