John Hiester

American politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth9 April 1745, Bally, Pennsylvania, USA
Death15 October 1821 (aged 76 years)
Star signAries
Politics:Democratic-Republican Party
The details

Biography

John Hiester (April 9, 1745 – October 15, 1821) was an American military and political leader from the Revolutionary War era to the early 19th Century. He was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty.

Biography

Hiester was born in Goshenhoppen, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1745. After attending school, he entered the lumber business with his father in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Hannah Pawling and fathered seven children.

During the Revolutionary War, he volunteered for service with the Pennsylvania Militia and was commissioned a captain. He was later promoted to colonel. After the war, he was elected a major general in the Pennsylvania Militia.

In 1806, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He served in the Tenth Congress from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809.

He died in Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1821.

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