constituents from 1802 to 1806. He was then elected in 1806 to the United States House of Representatives, and served in the Tenth Congress from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809 during the administration of President Thomas Jefferson. Hiester entered the House during the era of the Napoleonic Wars, and was involved with attempts by the president and Congress to persuade the belligerents to end their conflicts, including passage of the Embargo Act of 1807 and the Non-Intercourse Act (1809). In 1816, Hiester joined with John Cochran, J.P. Helfenstein, John Ramsey, and W. J. Duane in advocating for the creation of "an Independent Electoral Ticket" in Pennsylvania. Their appeal to Pennsylvania voters was published in the October 26, 1816 edition of the Lancaster Intelligencer. Death and interment Hiester died in Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1821, and was buried at the Union Cemetery in Parker Ford, Pennsylvania. See also River Bend Farm References 1745 births 1821 deaths People from Berks County, Pennsylvania People of colonial Pennsylvania Hiester family Pennsylvania Dutch people Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania militiamen in the American Revolution