Major Gabriel Hiester (Democratic-Republican) Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1791-1798, (Democratic-Republican4) Berks, Dauphin Counties 1804-1808 (Democratic-Republican5) Berks County 1808-1812
Major Gabriel Hiester, born June 17, 1749, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Daniel and Josanna Hager Hiester; received education, Bern Church; engaged farming; delegate, Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776; major, Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War, 1776-1777; Appointed, Justice, Court of Common Pleas, April 24, 1778; elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1778-1782; elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1786-1789; delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1790; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1791-1796; elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1800-1802; Presidential elector, Pennsylvania, 1801; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1804-1812; married, Elizabeth Bausman, children, Gabriel Hiester, Jonathan Hiester, William Hiester, Jacob Hiester, MaryHiester Schultz; died, September 1, 1824 (aged 75) Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interment, burial details unknown.
Early Career:
Engaged, farming on ancestral farm, Bern Township, Berks County.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Delegate, Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776.
Appointed, Justice, Court of Common Pleas, April 24, 1778.
Elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1778-1782. Took oath of office.
Elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1786-1789.
Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1790.
Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1791-1796.
Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1800-1802.
Presidential elector, Pennsylvania, 1801.
Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1804-1808.
Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Berks County, 1808-1812.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:
Not available
Legacy:
Brother, John Hiester United States Congressman, Tenth Congress, 1807-1809.
Brother, Daniel Hiester Revolutionary War General, United States Congressman, represented Pennsylvania, Anti-Administration Party, First, Second, and Third Congresses, Republican, Fourth Congress, resigned, 1796; moved, Hagerstown, Maryland, elected, Seventh and Eighth Congresses.
First cousin, Joseph "Old German Grey" Hiester, 17th district, Pennsylvania State Senate, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1791-1792. Governor of Pennsylvania 1820-1824. Joseph Hiester - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)
Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, (Everts, Peck and Richards), 1886, page 756.
Maj Gabriel Hiester (1749-1824) - Find a Grave Memorial