Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by
James L. Getz
Succeeded by
Daniel Ermentrout
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate, District 8
In office 1861–1866
Preceded by
Henry Spering Mott
Succeeded by
Joseph Depuy Davis
Personal details
Born
(1827-11-03)November 3, 1827 near Morgantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
June 12, 1884(1884-06-12) (aged 56) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place
Charles Evans Cemetery
Political party
Democratic
Hiester Clymer (November 3, 1827 – June 12, 1884) was an American politician and white supremacist from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty and the Democratic Party. He was the nephew of William Muhlenberg Hiester and the cousin of Isaac Ellmaker Hiester. Although Clymer was born in Pennsylvania, he was adamantly opposed to Abraham Lincoln's administration and the Republican Party's prosecution of the American Civil War. Elected Pennsylvania state senator in 1860, Clymer opposed state legislation that supported the state Republican Party's war effort. After the American Civil War ended, Clymer unsuccessfully ran for the Pennsylvania Governor's office in 1866 on a white supremacist platform against Union Major-General John W. Geary. After his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1872 as a Democrat, Clymer would be primarily known for his investigation of Sec. William W. Belknap's War Department in 1876. Belknap escaped conviction in a Senate impeachment trial, and had resigned his cabinet position before being impeached by the House of Representatives. Having retired from the House in 1881, Clymer served as Vice President of the Union Trust Co. of Philadelphia and president of the Clymer Iron Co. until his death in 1884.
HiesterClymer (November 3, 1827 – June 12, 1884) was an American politician and white supremacist from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member...
political leader Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824-1871) US Congressman HiesterClymer (1827-1884) US Congressman In addition, The Hiesters were related to the Muhlenberg...
re-election. Republican candidate John W. Geary defeated Democratic candidate HiesterClymer to become Governor of Pennsylvania. "PA Governor General Election"....
Muhlenberg. He was the father of Isaac Hiester, uncle of HiesterClymer, and nephew of John Hiester and Daniel Hiester. He graduated from Bristol College...
William Muhlenberg Hiester (1818–1878), Pennsylvania political leader Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824–1871), U.S. Congressman HiesterClymer (1827–1884), U.S...
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...
Sioux War and a Presidential election year, Democratic Representative HiesterClymer, a critic of Republican Reconstruction, launched an investigation into...
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Party political offices Preceded by HiesterClymer Democratic nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania 1869 Succeeded by Charles R. Buckalew U.S. House of...
age of seventeen, she married Edward Myers Clymer (1822–1883), of Pennsylvania, brother of HiesterClymer, who was a member of Congress for several years...
Columbia Investigate Chinese Immigration The Library (Chairman: Rep. HiesterClymer; Vice Chairman: Rep. James Monroe) Printing (Chairman: Rep. John L....
Democratic candidate HiesterClymer's platform as "for the White Man," represented here by the idealized head of a young White man (Clymer ran on a platform...
of the Hiester Family political dynasty. The brother of US Congressman Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), the father of US Congressman Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)...
George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 23, 1813) was an American politician, abolitionist and Founding Father of the United States, one of only six founders...
Jewett) The Library (Chairman: Rep. William P. Frye; Vice Chairman: Rep. HiesterClymer) Printing (Chairman: Rep. William G. Donnan; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred...
Investigation Committee chaired by HiesterClymer to drop the charges against Belknap if the latter resigned office. Clymer, however, declined Blair's offer...
Member: John L. Blake) Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: HiesterClymer; Ranking Member: John S. Newberry) Expenditures in the Treasury Department...
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