Isaac Ellmaker Hiester

Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (* May 29, 1824 in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † February 6, 1871 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. From 1853 to 1855 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Isaac Hiester came from the significant in Pennsylvania Hiester family. He was the son of William Muhlenberg Hiester (1790-1853) and a cousin of Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), who were both members of Congress. More Related dressed at the State and Federal level also higher offices. He attended the Yale College until 1842. After a subsequent law degree in 1845 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Lancaster to work in this profession. Between 1848 and 1851 he was District Attorney in Lancaster County. Politically, he was a member of the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Hiester in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jehu Glancy Jones on March 4, 1853. Since he has not been confirmed in 1854, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1555. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Hiester practiced as a lawyer again. Politically, he turned to after the dissolution of the Whigs of the Democratic Party. In 1856 he applied unsuccessfully to return to the Congress; in July 1868, he participated in New York as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He died on February 6, 1871 in Lancaster.