Daniel Hiester
American politician (1747–1804)
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::summary American politician (1747–1804) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Daniel Hiester |
| image name | DANIEL HIESTER 1747-1804 (page 159 crop).jpg |
| office | Member of the |
| U.S. House of Representatives | |
| constituency | Maryland 4th |
| term_start | March 4, 1801 |
| term_end | March 7, 1804 |
| preceded | George Baer Jr. |
| succeeded | Roger Nelson |
| constituency2 | Pennsylvania at-large |
| (1789–1795) | |
| Pennsylvania 5th | |
| (1795–1796) | |
| term_start2 | March 4, 1789 |
| term_end2 | July 1, 1796 |
| preceded2 | District created |
| succeeded2 | George Ege |
| office4 | Member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania |
| from Montgomery County | |
| term_start4 | October 15, 1784 |
| term_end4 | October 24, 1785 |
| preceded4 | Position created |
| succeeded4 | Peter Muhlenberg |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| birth_place | Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
| death_place | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| party | Anti-Administration |
| Democratic-Republican | |
| :: |
| name = Daniel Hiester | image name = DANIEL HIESTER 1747-1804 (page 159 crop).jpg | caption = | office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | constituency = Maryland 4th | term_start = March 4, 1801 | term_end = March 7, 1804 | preceded = George Baer Jr. | succeeded = Roger Nelson | constituency2 = Pennsylvania at-large (1789–1795) Pennsylvania 5th (1795–1796) | term_start2 = March 4, 1789 | term_end2 = July 1, 1796 | preceded2 = District created | succeeded2 = George Ege | office4 = Member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania from Montgomery County | term_start4 = October 15, 1784 | term_end4 = October 24, 1785 | preceded4 = Position created | succeeded4 = Peter Muhlenberg | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | party = Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Daniel_Hiester's_grave.jpg" caption="Hiester's [[cenotaph]] at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington D.C."] ::
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 in the Province of 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 Elsoff 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. He owned slaves as well.
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. 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.
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References
| state=Pennsylvania | district=AL | before=District Created | after=
2nd: Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg
4th: Samuel Sitgreaves and John Richards
5th: Daniel Hiester
10th: David Bard and Samuel Maclay
12th: Albert Gallatin | years=1789–1791 alongside: George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Thomas Hartley, Thomas Scott, Henry Wynkoop, Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg and Peter G. Muhlenberg 1791–1793 alongside: Thomas Fitzsimons, Thomas Hartley, Israel Jacobs, John W. Kittera, Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, William Findley, and Andrew Gregg 1793–1795 alongside: Thomas Fitzsimons, John W. Kittera, Thomas Hartley, Thomas Scott, James Armstrong, Peter G. Muhlenberg, Andrew Gregg, Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, William Irvine, William Findley, John Smilie, and William Montgomery | state=Pennsylvania | district=5 | before=At large on a General ticket: Thomas Fitzsimons John W. Kittera Thomas Hartley Thomas Scott James Armstrong Peter G. Muhlenberg Andrew Gregg Daniel Hiester Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg William Irvine William Findley John Smilie and William Montgomery | after=George Ege | years=1795–1796 | state=Maryland | district=4 | before=George Baer, Jr. | after=Roger Nelson | years=1801–1804
References
- Hess, Stephen. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3zMrDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Daniel+Hieste&pg=PA158 America's Political Dynasties]'', pp. 158-159, 659. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.
- (2022-01-19). "Congress slaveowners". The Washington Post.
- James H. Peeling. (1960). "Hiester, Daniel".
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