List of United States Political Families (H) - The Hiesters

The Hiesters

  • John Hiester (brother of Daniel): American Revolutionary War colonel; Pennsylvania militia general; Congressman 1807–1809
    • Daniel Hiester the Younger (son of John): Pennsylvania Congressman 1809–1811
  • Daniel Hiester (brother of John): General in Pennsylvania militia; member of Pennsylvanian Supreme Executive Council; Congressman 1788-1796/1800-1804
  • Gabriel Hiester (cousin of Daniel and John): Colonel in Continental Army; state senator 1795-1796/1805-1812
  • Joseph Hiester (cousin of John and Daniel): Revolutionary War officer; congressman 1803–1817; Governor of Pennsylvania 1820–1823
    • William Hiester (1790–1853), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1831–1837, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Nephew of John Hiester and Daniel Hiester.
    • Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782–1844), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1829–1838, candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania 1835, U.S. Minister to Austria 1838–1840. Son-in-law of Joseph Hiester.
      • Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824–1871), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1853–1855. Son of William Hiester.
      • Hiester Clymer (1827–1884), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1860 1876, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania 1866, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1873–1881. Nephew of William Hiester.
      • Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1853–1854. Son of Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg.

NOTE: Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was also nephew of U.S. Senator John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg.

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