Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
In office 1797–1805
Preceded by
George Ege
Succeeded by
Isaac Anderson, John Whitehill and Christian Lower
Constituency
3rd district (1787–1803) 5th district (1803–1805)
In office 1815–1820
Preceded by
Daniel Udree
Succeeded by
Daniel Udree
Constituency
7th district
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1787–1790
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 17th district
In office 1790–1794
Preceded by
district created
Succeeded by
Presley Carr Lane
Personal details
Born
(1752-11-18)November 18, 1752 Bern Township, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Died
June 10, 1832(1832-06-10) (aged 79) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place
Charles Evans Cemetery
Political party
Democratic-Republican
Spouse
Elizabeth Whitman Hiester (?–1825; her death)
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Joseph Hiester (November 18, 1752 – June 10, 1832) was an American politician, who served as the fifth governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823.[1] He was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty, and was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
^"The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
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lopsided victories in Pennsylvania political history. Together with Mayor Joseph Watson of Philadelphia, in the mid-1820s Schulze worked to recover young...
1823, Muhlenberg served as private secretary to Pennsylvania Governor JosephHiester. He moved west to Pickaway County, Ohio, and was elected to the Ohio...
John Chapman (F) Robert Brown (DR) John A. Hanna (DR) Robert Waln (F) JosephHiester (DR) 6th (1799–1801) Michael Leib (DR) Peter Muhlenberg (DR) Henry...
1817–1819 William Findlay Samuel D. Ingham 1819–1820 Andrew Gregg 1820–1823 JosephHiester Molton C. Rogers 1823–1826 John Andrew Shulze Isaac D. Barnard 1826–1827...
consideration of impeaching Chase two weeks later when he wrote to Congressman Joseph Hopper Nicholson of Maryland, asking: "Ought the seditious and official...
Lemuel Benton, Thomas Sumter, William Smith, John Milledge, Abraham Baldwin, Joseph McDowell, Matthew Locke, Robert Williams, Richard Stanford, Nathaniel Macon...
election occurred on October 14, 1823. Incumbent Federalist governor, JosephHiester, did not seek re-election. The Democratic candidate, John Andrew Shulze...
Joseph Hemphill (January 7, 1770 – May 29, 1842) was an American politician who served as a Federalist member of the U.S. House of Representatives for...
Findlay sought re-election but was defeated by U.S. Representative JosephHiester. Findlay entered the race with significantly reduced popularity. He...
from Pennsylvania In office March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1807 Preceded by JosephHiester Succeeded by Daniel Montgomery Jr. Constituency 6th district (1791–1793)...
William Smith, John Gaillard, Henry Middleton, William Lowndes, James Ervin, Joseph Bellinger, Starling Tucker, Eldred Simkins, Elias Earle, Wilson Nesbitt...
1768) June 6 – Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748) June 10 – JosephHiester, American politician (b. 1752) June 21 – Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt...
by a caucus of legislative leaders. Conversely, U.S. Representative JosephHiester was chosen as a candidate by the Democratic Republicans' first popular...
John Hiester Democratic-Republican 3rd March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 JosephHiester Democratic-Republican 5th December 1, 1797 – March 4, 1803 3rd March...
1817 Nancy Irwin 1817 1820 William Findlay Elizabeth Whitman 1820 1823 JosephHiester Susan Kimmell 1823 1829 John Andrew Schulze Mary Erb 1829 1833 George...
S. Senator from California from 1867 to 1873 (died 1924) September 19 – Joseph R. West, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1871 to 1877 (died 1898) September...
September 18, 1797 5th PA 5 George Ege (F) Resigned in October 1797 JosephHiester (DR) October 10, 1797 5th NH at-large Jeremiah Smith (F) Resigned June...
February 26, 1804 Jesse Franklin (DR), March 10, 1804 – November 4, 1804 Joseph Anderson (DR), January 15, 1805 – December 1, 1805 Speaker: Nathaniel Macon...
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