Daniel Brodhead Heiner (December 30, 1854 – February 14, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a two-term

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member of the

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from

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from 1893 to 1897.

Biography

Daniel Brodhead Heiner, Jr. was born in

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, the son of Daniel Brodhead Heiner, Sr. and Mary. G. Graham of Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools at Kittanning, Dayton Academy in

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, and

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. He graduated from

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, in 1879. He was admitted to the bar of

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, in 1882 and commenced practice in Kittanning. He was also engaged in banking. He was elected

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of Armstrong County in 1885, reelected in 1888, and served until January 1, 1892. He was chairman of the Republican county executive committee from 1884 to 1888.

Family life

Heiner was a direct descendant of Revolutionary War veteran Brigadier General

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, through his great-grandmother, Ann Garton Brodhead, who was Brodhead's elder daughter.

Congressman

Heiner was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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Later career

He was appointed by President

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for the Western District of Pennsylvania and served from 1897 to 1902. He was appointed on February 2, 1902, as internal-revenue collector for the twenty-third district of Pennsylvania by President

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and served until November 1, 1913. He was a delegate to the

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. He again served as internal-revenue collector from 1921 to 1933.

Death

He died in Kittanning in 1944, and was interred in the Kittanning Cemetery.

References

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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