Daniel B. Heiner

Daniel Brodhead Heiner ( born December 30, 1854 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, † February 14, 1944 ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Heiner attended the public schools of his home and then the Dayton Academy and Allegheny College in Meadville and the. After a subsequent law degree from the Dickinson Law School in Carlisle and his 1882 was admitted to the bar he began in Kittanning to work in this profession. He was also active in the banking industry. Between 1885 and 1892 he was district attorney in Armstrong County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1884 and 1888 he was the district chairman in Armstrong County.

In the congressional elections of 1892 was Heiner in the 21st electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Franklin Huff on March 4, 1893. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1897 two legislative sessions. In 1896 he gave up another candidacy.

Between 1897 and 1902 Daniel Heiner was United States Attorney for the western part of Pennsylvania; 1902 to 1913 he worked for the Federal Tax Authority in the 21st federal tax district of his state. This post he held 1921-1933 again. In June 1920 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part in Chicago, was nominated at the Warren G. Harding as their presidential candidate. He died on 14 February 1944 at the age of 89 in his hometown of Kittanning, where he was also buried.