Daniel Hiester
U.S. Congressperson
1774 – 1834
Who was Daniel Hiester?
Daniel Hiester (1774–1834) was an American political leader from Pennsylvania. Daniel was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty. He was the son of John Hiester and nephew of U.S. Rep. Daniel Hiester and Gabriel Hiester.
Daniel Hiester was born in East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1774. He married Catherine Titlow.
Hiester was elected prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Chester County in 1800 and continued to serve until 1809.
Hiester was elected to the Eleventh Congress in 1808. He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1811.
After his congressional career, Hiester helped establish the Bank of Chester County, was burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1817, and was appointed register of wills and recorder of deeds on February 28, 1821.
He died in Hagerstown, Maryland on March 8, 1834. He was buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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- Born
- 1774
- Also known as
- Daniel Hiester the younger
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- German American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- 1834
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on July 23, 2013
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