Editing Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (section)

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Isaac E. Hiester
| image name = IsaacEllmakerHiester.jpg
| caption = 
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| district = [[Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district|9th]]
| term_start = March 4, 1853
| term_end = March 3, 1855
| preceded = [[Jehu Glancy Jones]]
| succeeded = [[Anthony Ellmaker Roberts]]
| birth_name = Isaac Ellmaker Hiester
| birth_date = {{birth date|1824|05|29}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1871|02|06|1824|05|29}}
| birth_place = [[New Holland, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
}}

'''Isaac Ellmaker Hiester''' (May 29, 1824 – February 6, 1871) was a nineteenth century American political leader. A member of the [[Hiester Family]] political dynasty,<ref>Hess, Stephen. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3zMrDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Isaac+Ellmake&pg=PA158 America's Political Dynasties]'', pp. 158, 660. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.</ref> he was also descended from the prominent Ellmaker family.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/557147253/?terms=%22Isaac%20Ellmaker%20Hiester%22&match=1 The Ellmakers: A Sketch of One of County's Oldest Families]", Lancaster, Pennsylvania: ''Lancaster Daily Intelligencer'', May 23, 1908, p. 6 (subscription required).</ref><ref>Ellmaker, J. Watson. "[https://cdn.website-editor.net/020d9c979f77483189db333592c7de7f/files/uploaded/ELLMAKER%252C%2520The%2520Family%252C%2520The%2520Pennsylvania-German%252C.pdf The Ellmaker Family]", in ''The Pennsylvania-German'', vol. 10. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, January 1909.</ref> The son of [[William Hiester (Pennsylvania politician)|William Hiester]],<ref>Isaac Ellmaker Hiester, in "[https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4744&body=S William Hiester]" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Senate, retrieved online October 25, 2022.</ref> he was also a cousin of [[Hiester Clymer]].<ref>Isaac Ellmaker Hiester, in "[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/11122 Clymer, Hiester]" (biography). Washington, D.C.: History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, retrieved online October 25, 2022.</ref>

A century after his death, he was memorialized by American newspapers as a "distinguished Pennsylvania congressman and jurist."<ref>Isaac Ellmaker Hiester, in "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/209328927/?terms=%22Isaac%20Ellmaker%20Hiester%22&match=1 Today's Events]" (May 29, 1924).  Shreveport, Louisiana: ''The Shreveport Times'', May 29, 1924, p. 6 (subscription required).</ref><ref>Isaac Ellmaker Hiester, in "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/296244207/?terms=%22Isaac%20Ellmaker%20Hiester%22&match=1 Today's Events]" (May 29, 1924). Marion, Ohio: ''The Marion Daily Star'', May 29, 1924, p. 18 (subscription required).</ref>