Background
Hiester was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on May 15, 1818, the son of Doctor Isaac and Mistress Hester Muhlenberg Hiester. He was the grandson of General Peter Muhlenberg and the great grandson of Henry Muhlenberg.
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Hiester was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on May 15, 1818, the son of Doctor Isaac and Mistress Hester Muhlenberg Hiester. He was the grandson of General Peter Muhlenberg and the great grandson of Henry Muhlenberg.
Harvard Law School.
He graduated from Bristol College in Pennsylvania, studied law at Harvard University and was admitted to the Barometer Hiester served in the Pennsylvania State Senate as a Democrat from 1853 to 1855 and was Speaker in 1855. In January, 1858 he was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth by Governor William F. Packer.
During the American Civil War invasion of Pennsylvania by Robert East. Lee in the summer of 1863, Hiester was commissioned a Major in the Militia by Governor Andrew Curtin and raised 8,000 troops for the state"s defense.
During the war, Hiester switched to the Republican Party and ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1864. Hiester died in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 16, 1878.
Republican Party, Democratic Party.
He was a member of the Muhlenberg/Hiester Family political dynasty.