Biography

12/03/1843 - 03/29/1928

Jeremiah S. Hess (D18) Northampton County 1883-1886

Early Life:

Jeremiah S. Hess, born December 3, 1843, Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; son of Reverend Samuel and Lucretia Klein Hess; prepared for college in the schools of Bethlehem and Allentown; Allentown Seminary; Phi Beta Kappa, Franklin and Marshall College, Master of Arts degree, 1862; teacher, Allentown Seminary, 1862-1864; entered, Theological Seminary, Mercersburg, 1865; attended lectures, Universities of Berlin, Bonn, and Tubingen, Germany; poor health, abandoned theological studies, returned, United States, 1867; engaged, lumber, coal, brick business, Hellertown; cashier, Saucon Savings Bank, 1873-1877; Superintendent of Christ Union Sunday School, Hellertown; principal, Hellertown Academy, 1878-1880; chief burgess, Hellertown Borough; member, town council, borough of Hellertown; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1883-1686; married, Tillie Henninger Hess, 1875, children, Herbert H. Hess, Clara Hess, Mary L. Hess, Samuel Hess; died, March 29, 1928 (aged 84), Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union Cemetery, Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Founder, Pennsylvania German Society; Mason, served, Lodge secretary, twenty-six years. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Chief burgess, Hellertown Borough; member, town council, borough of Hellertown.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18thd district, Northampton County, 1883-1886; committee assignments, Education, Insurance, Legislative Apportionment, Library.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1885). Smull, W.P., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 843, 849-851, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 809.

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