Daniel Hiester
- For the other Daniel Hiester, who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1809 – 1811, see Daniel Hiester (1774–1834)
Daniel Hiester | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district |
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In office March 4, 1801 – March 7, 1804 |
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Preceded by | George Baer, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Roger Nelson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1795 – July 1, 1796 |
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Preceded by | See below |
Succeeded by | George Ege |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large district |
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In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795 |
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Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | See below |
Member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania from Montgomery County |
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In office October 15, 1784 – October 24, 1785 |
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Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Peter Muhlenberg |
Personal details | |
Born | Berks County, Pennsylvania |
June 25, 1747
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
Political party | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Daniel Hiester (June 25, 1747 – March 7, 1804) was an American political and military leader from the Revolutionary War period to the early 19th Century. Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, he was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty. He was the brother of John Hiester and Gabriel Hiester, cousin of Joseph Hiester, and the uncle of William Hiester and U.S. Rep. Daniel Hiester (1774–1834).
Biography
Hiester's father, also named Daniel Hiester, emigrated from Silesia in 1737 and settled in Goshenhoppen (now Bally), Pennsylvania, afterward purchasing a tract of several thousand acres in Berks County. After completing his education, the young Hiester engaged in the mercantile business in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
During the American Revolution, Hiester served as a colonel and later a brigadier general of the Pennsylvania Militia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly from 1778 to 1781.[1] In 1784 he was elected to the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, and later in 1787 he was appointed as a commissioner to negotiate the Connecticut land claims dispute.
Hiester was elected to the United States House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania, serving from March 4, 1789 until his resignation on July 1, 1796. He then moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, and was again elected to the House representing Maryland, serving from March 4, 1801, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 1804. He was among the number that voted to move the U.S. capital from Philadelphia to a place on the Potomac later named Washington, D.C.
He was buried in Zion Reformed Graveyard in Hagerstown, Maryland and has a cenotaph at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington.
Notes
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References
- Daniel Hiester at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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- The Political Graveyard
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