The Hiester family was an American political and military dynasty.
Noted members of the family include:
- John Hiester (1745-1821) US Congressman
- Daniel Hiester (1747-1804) US Congressman
- Gabriel Hiester (1749-1824) Pennsylvania political leader
- Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) US Congressman and Governor of Pennsylvania
- Daniel Hiester the younger (1774-1834) US Congressman
- William Hiester (1790-1853) US Congressman
- William Muhlenberg Hiester (1818-1878) Pennsylvania political leader
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824-1871) US Congressman
- Hiester Clymer (1827-1884) US Congressman
In addition, The Hiesters were related to the Muhlenberg family. Some notable members include:
- Henry Muhlenberg (1711-1787) Founder of the Lutheran Church in America
- Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1847) Minister, Continental Army General, US Congressman, US Senator
- Frederick Muhlenberg (1750-1801) Member of Continental Congress, Speaker of US House of Representatives
- John Andrew Shulze (1774-1852) Governor of Pennsylvania
- Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844) US Congressman and Minister to Austria
- Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795-1831) US Congressman
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) US Congressman
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887-1980) US Congressman and World War I and World War II soldier
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“The East is the hearthside of America. Like any home, therefore, it has the defects of its virtues. Because it is a long-lived-in house, it bursts its seams, is inconvenient, needs constant refurbishing. And some of the family resources have been spent. To attain the privacy that grown-up people find so desirable, Easterners live a harder life than people elsewhere. Today it is we and not the frontiersman who must be rugged to survive.”
—Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)