- Hiester Clymer
Hiester Clymer (1827–
June 12 ,1884 ) was an American political leader from the state ofPennsylvania . Clymer was a member of theHiester family political dynasty. He was the nephew ofWilliam Muhlenberg Hiester and the cousin ofIsaac Ellmaker Hiester .Clymer was born in Morgantown,
Berks County, Pennsylvania onNovember 3 , 1827. He attendedPrinceton University , studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1849. Clymer practiced law in Berks County andSchuylkill County, Pennsylvania .He was a delegate to the National Convention of the Democratic Party in 1860 and 1868. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1860 to 1868. He ran unsuccessfully for
Governor of Pennsylvania in 1866 on a white supremacist policy, losing toJohn W. Geary .He was elected to the
United States House of Representatives in 1872 and served fromMarch 4 ,1873 toMarch 3 ,1881 . While in Congress, he served on the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, and as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.After he left Congress, he served as vice president of the Union Trust Company in
Philadelphia and as president of the Clymer Iron Company.He died in
Reading, Pennsylvania , on June 12, 1884.ources
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