Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  John Hiester (1745-1821) — of Parker Ford,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Goshenhoppen,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,April 9,1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lumberbusiness;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1807-09.Died in Goshenhoppen,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October15, 1821 (age76 years, 189days).Interment atUnionChurch Cemetery, Parker Ford, Pa. | | John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) — of Virginia; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Trappe,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October12, 1746.Democrat.Pastor;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801);delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790;Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1796;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1802-07.Lutheran;laterEpiscopalian.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October1, 1807 (age60 years, 354days).Interment atAugustusLutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa. | | Daniel Hiester (1747-1804) — Born in Upper Salford Township,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,June 25,1747.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-96 (at-large 1789-93, 4thDistrict 1793-95, 5th District 1795-96);U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-04; died in office1804.ChristianReformed.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March 7,1804 (age56 years, 256days).Interment atZionReformed Graveyard, Hagerstown, Md.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trappe,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,January1, 1750.Pastor;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1779-80; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1780-83;Speaker ofthe Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1780-83;delegateto Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-93, 3rdDistrict 1793-95, 4th District 1795-97);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1789-91, 1793-95; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1793, 1796.Lutheran.Germanancestry.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 4,1801 (age51 years, 154days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Berne Township,BerksCounty, Pa.,November18, 1752.Merchant;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1787-90;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1797-1805, 1815-20 (5thDistrict 1797-1803, 3rd District 1803-05, 7th District 1815-20);Governor ofPennsylvania, 1820-23.Slaveowner. Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,June 10,1832 (age79 years, 205days).Original interment atReformedChurch Burying Ground, Reading, Pa.; reinterment atCharlesEvans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. | | Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,1774.ChesterCounty Prothonotary and Clerk, 1800-09;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1809-11;banker;chiefburgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1815-17.Died in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,March 8,1834 (ageabout 59years).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844) — also known asHenry A. Muhlenberg — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,May 13,1782.Pastor;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-38 (7th District 1829-33,9th District 1833-38);chiefburgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1831-32; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1835; U.S. Minister toAustria, 1838-40.Lutheran.Germanancestry.Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,August11, 1844 (age62 years, 90days).Interment atCharlesEvans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. | | William Hiester (1790-1853) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Berne Township,BerksCounty, Pa.,October10, 1790.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; justice of the peace;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1831-37;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 6th District, 1841-43.Died in New Holland,LancasterCounty, Pa.,October13, 1853 (age63 years, 3days).Interment atLancasterCemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795-1831) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.;PickawayCounty, Ohio.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April22, 1795.Lawyer;private secretary to Gov.JosephHiester, 1820-23; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1827;U.S.Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1828-29;real estatebusiness.Germanancestry.Died inPickawayCounty, Ohio,December17, 1831 (age36 years, 239days).Interment atProtestantCemetery, Circleville, Ohio. | | Daniel Robeadeau Clymer (1819-1889) — also known asDaniel R. Clymer — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.BornMarch31, 1819.Democrat.Mayorof Reading, Pa., 1853-54; defeated, 1848, 1852, 1854.DiedMay 5,1889 (age70 years, 35days).Interment atCharlesEvans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. | | Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) — also known asHenry A. Muhlenberg — of Berks,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,July 21,1823.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 5th District, 1850-52;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died inoffice 1854.Germanancestry.Died, fromtuberculosis,inWashington,D.C.,January9, 1854 (age30 years, 172days).Interment atCharlesEvans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824-1871) — also known asIsaac E. Hiester — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in New Holland,LancasterCounty, Pa.,May 29,1824.Lawyer;LancasterCounty District Attorney, 1848-51;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1853-55; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1868.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,February6, 1871 (age46 years, 253days).Interment atLancasterCemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Hiester Clymer (1827-1884) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Caernarvon Township,BerksCounty, Pa.,November3, 1827.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860,1876(speaker);member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1861-66 (6th District 1861-64, 8th District1865-66); candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1866;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1873-81.Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,June 12,1884 (age56 years, 222days).Interment atCharlesEvans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. | | Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg (1850-1907) — also known asHenry E. Muhlenberg — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,January18, 1850.Physician;mayorof Lancaster, Pa., 1899-1902.Died, fromheartdisease, in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 17,1907 (age57 years, 150days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887-1980) — also known asFrederick A. Muhlenberg — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.; Wernersville,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,September25, 1887.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;architect;chairof Berks County Republican Party, 1935-36; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1947-49;defeated, 1948.Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,January19, 1980 (age92 years, 116days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Hiester Henry Muhlenberg (1900-1956) — also known asHiester H. Muhlenberg — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,June 26,1900.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1952.Died in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,February2, 1956 (age55 years, 221days).Burial location unknown.
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