Hiester Clymer was an American politician and white supremacist from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty and the Democratic Party. He was the nephew of William Muhlenberg Hiester and the cousin of Isaac Ellmaker Hiester. Although Clymer was born in Pennsylvania, he was adamantly opposed to Abraham Lincoln's administration and the Republican Party's prosecution of the American Civil War. Elected Pennsylvania state senator in 1860, Clymer opposed state legislation that supported the state Republican Party's war effort. After the American Civil War ended, Clymer unsuccessfully ran for the Pennsylvania Governor's office in 1866 on a white supremacist platform against Union Major-General John W. Geary. After his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1872 as a Democrat, Clymer would be primarily known for his investigation of Sec. William W. Belknap's War Department in 1876. Belknap escaped conviction in a Senate impeachment trial, and had resigned his cabinet position before being impeached by the House of Representatives. Having retired from the House in 1881, Clymer served as Vice President of the Union Trust Co. of Philadelphia and president of the Clymer Iron Co. until his death in 1884.
William Andrew Wallace was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1881. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 20th district from 1863 to 1886 including as speaker in 1871.
John Edgar Reyburn was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1890 to 1897 and Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1906 to 1907. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1871 and again from 1874 to 1876. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1876 to 1890 including as president pro tempore in 1883. He served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1907 to 1911.
Henry Joseph Steele was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Jefferson Davis Brodhead, also known as J. Davis Brodhead and Joseph Davis Brodhead, was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term from 1907 to 1909.
Joseph Horace Shull was an American lawyer, physician and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district from 1903 to 1905. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 22nd district from 1886 to 1891.
Howard Mutchler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William Mutchler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Laird Howard Barber was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving one term from 1899 to 1901.
William Sebring Kirkpatrick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William Henry Hines was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1893 to 1895.
Hendrick Bradley Wright was a Democratic and Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Reilly was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Augustus Newton Martin was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the Civil War who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895.
John Middleton Clayton was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Jefferson County from 1871 to 1873 and the Arkansas State Senate for Jefferson County. In 1888, he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives but lost to Clifton R. Breckinridge. Clayton challenged the results and was assassinated in 1889 during the challenge to the election. He was declared the winner of the election posthumously. The identity of his assassin remains unknown.
Easton Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Easton, Pennsylvania, established in 1849. It is the burial site of many notable individuals.
Levi Baker Vilas was an American lawyer, banker, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 4th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and represented central Dane County for three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was a major investor in the early development of the city of Madison, and was one of the founders of the company that became Madison Gas and Electric.
The 1880–81 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with the presidential election of 1880. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1880 and 1881, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
Charles Francis Chidsey was an American politician who served as the first mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1890 and a Pennsylvania State Representative from 1896 to 1898.
William Clayton Hackett was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th district from 1915 to 1922 as a Democrat.
