William Muhlenberg Hiester

William Muhlenberg Hiester (* October 10, 1790 in Reading, Pennsylvania, † October 13, 1853 in New Holland, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1837 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Hiester came from the Pennsylvania politically influential Hiester family. He was the father of Isaac Ellmaker Hiester ( 1824-1871 ). His nephew was Hiester Clymer ( 1827-1884 ). He was also the nephew of John Hiester (1745-1821) and Daniel Hiester ( 1747-1804 ). All these relatives were Congressman from Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools. During the British - American War he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Armed Forces. After that he worked in Lancaster County in agriculture and trade. Between 1823 and 1828 Hiester Justice of the Peace was in his home. Politically, he joined the short-lived Anti- Masonic Party on. In 1828 he candied yet unsuccessfully for Congress.

In the congressional elections of 1830 was Hiester but then in the fourth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the later U.S. President James Buchanan on March 4, 1831. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 three legislative periods. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

1837 took Hiester as a delegate part in a constitutional convention in his home state. Between 1840 and 1842 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania; in 1842 he was its president. He died on 13 October 1853 in New Holland.