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Doctor Henry Detweiler Heller | |
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| Member of thePennsylvania Senate from the18th district | |
| In office 1895–1898 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Henry Laubach |
| Succeeded by | Jacob B. Kemerer |
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| Born | September 18, 1850 |
| Died | October 9, 1928(1928-10-09) (aged 78) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Amanda C.S.Née Diehl |
| Alma mater | Claverack College Bellevue Hospital Medical College |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Henry Detweiler Heller (1850-1928) was an American politician who served as aRepublican in thePennsylvania State Senate for one term from 1895 to 1898 representingNorthampton County in the18th district.[1] Since the district's creation in 1875, he is just one of three Republicans to have held the office.
Henry Detweiler Heller was born on September 18, 1850, inHellertown, Pennsylvania to Christian Butz Heller and HenriettaNée Detweiller. His ancestors where the original settlers and the namesake of the borough. He attendedClaverack College for his undergraduate and studied medicine at theBellevue Hospital Medical College, now theNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, graduating in 1871. He opened a medical practice in Hellertown until 1921. He was a member of the United States Medical Examining Board for four years, and was elected to the Hellertown board of trade in 1888. He was elected to the state senate in 1895 as a Republican, and would hold office until 1898. Afterwards he was named the State Quarantine Physician by GovernorWilliam A. Stone. He was a shareholder of theThomas Iron Company and owned a limestone quarry. He married Amanda C.S.Née Diehl and died on October 9, 1928, at the age of 78. He is interred in the Union Cemetery in Hellertown.[1]