From Morton Montgomery's History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909 edition, pp. 73-75.
The following persons represented Berks County in Congress:
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Daniel HIESTER | 1789-97 |
| Joseph HIESTER: Joseph Hiester was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in October, 1820, and resigned his seat in Congress. | 1797-1807 1815-20 |
| Daniel UDREE was elected to succeed him for the unexpired term | December, 1820--March 3, 1821 |
| Matthias REICHERT | 1807-11 |
| John M. HYNEMAN (John M. Hyneman was re-elected; but he resigned his seat, and Daniel UDREE was elected to full the vacancy for the unexpired term ending March 3, 1815. | 1811-13 |
| Daniel UDREE | 1813-15 1823-25 |
| Ludwig WORMAN (Ludwig Worman died Oct 17, 1822, whilst filling this office, and UDREE was elected in December following to full the unexpired term ending March 1823. | 1821-22 |
| William ADAMS | 1825-29 |
| Henry A. MUHLENBERG (Henry A. Muhlenberg resigned his seat in February, 1838, and accepted the Mission to Austria as the first Minister. George M. KEIM was elected in March, 1838, to fill the unexpired term ending March 3, 1839.) | 1829-38 |
| George M. KEIM | 1838-43 |
| John RITTER | 1843-37 |
| William STRONG | 1847-53 |
| J. Glancy JONES (J. Glancy Jones resigned in October, 1858, and accepted Mission to Austria. William H. KEIM was elected on Nov. 30, 1858, to fill unexpired term ending March 3, 1859.) | 1854-58 |
| Henry A. Muhlenberg, Jr. (Henry A. Muhlenberg, Jr., died at Washington on Jan. 9, 1854. He had appeared in Congress only a single day, when he was taken sick with typhoid fever, and thereafter was unable to resume his seat.) | 1853-54 |
| William H. KEIM | 1858-59 |
| John SCHWARTZ (John Schwartz died in July, 1860) | 1859-60 |
| Jacob K. MCKENTY (Jacob K. McKENTY was elected to fill unexpired term ending March 4, 1861.) | 1860-61 |
| Sydenham E. ANCONA | 1861-67 |
| J. Lawrence GETZ | 1867-73 |
| Hiester CLYMER | 1873-81 |
| Daniel ERMENTROUT | 1897-99 |
| David B. BRUNNER | 1889-93 |
| Constantine J. ERDMAN (from Lehigh county) | 1893-97 |
| Henry D. GREEN | 1899-1903 |
| Marcus D. KLINE (from Lehigh county) | 1903-1907 |
| John H. ROTHERMEL | 1907-1911 |
The following persons served as foreign ministers:
| Name | Term | Henry A. MUHLENBERG, to Austria | 1838-40 |
|---|---|
| J. Glancy JONES, to Austria | 1858-61 |
The following persons served as foreign consuls:
| Name | Places Served |
|---|---|
| John ENDLICH | Basle, Switzerland |
| Henry May KEIM | Prince Edward Island |
The following persons served as United States Commissioners:
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| William STRONG | |
| Samuel L. YOUNG | 1853-1901 |
| William J. YOUNG | 1901-05 |
| Henry MALTZBERGER | 1905 - |
The following persons served as Registers in Bankruptcy:
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Harrison MALTZBERGER | 1867-92 |
| Christian H. RUHL | 1898-1904 |
| Samuel E. BERTOLET | 1905 - |
The following persons served as state representatives:
| Name | Term | Provincial Conference at Philadelphia Jacob Morgan Benjamin Spyker Joseph Hiester Henry Haller Daniel Hunter Chas. Shoemaker Mark Bird Valentine Eckert Bodo Otto Nicholas Lutz |
Tuesday, June 18, 1776 |
|---|---|
| Provincial Convention at Philadelphia Jacob Morgan Benjamin Spyker Chas. Shoemaker Gabriel Hiester Daniel Hunter Thomas Jones, Jr. John Lesher Valentine Eckert |
July 15, 1776 |
| General Assembly at Philadelphia Joseph Hiester Joseph Sands Daniel Brodhead Gabriel Hiester John Ludwig |
March 24, 1789 |
| Convention in Philadelphia (attended by representatives elected by each district in Berks after Sept. 15, 1789) Joseph Hiester Abraham Lincoln Balser Gehr Christian Lower Paul Groscup |
Nov. 24, 1789 |
| Convention in Harrisburg John Ritter William High James Donagan George M. Keim Mark Darrah |
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| Harrisburg and Philadelphia George G. Barclay Henry W. Smith Henry Van Reed |
1873 |
The following persons held state offices:
| Name | Title | How Elected | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles BIDDLE | Supreme Executive Councillor | by the Legislature | 1784-87 |
| Joseph HIESTER | Governor | elected | 1820-23 |
| Gabriel HIESTER | Surveyor-General | appointed; Governor | 1824-30 |
| Frederick SMITH | Supreme Associate Justice | appointed; Governor | 1828-30 |
| Jacob SALLADE | Surveyor-General | appointed; Governor | 1839-45 |
| John BANKS | State Treasurer | elected; Legislature | 1847 |
| William STRONG | Supreme Associate Justice | elected | 1857-68 |
| William M. HIESTER | Secretary of State | elected | 1858-60 |
| William H. KEIM | Surveyor-General | elected | 1860-61 |
| Warren H. WOODWARD | Supreme Associate Justice | elected | 1874-79 |
| David McMurtrie GREGG | Auditor-General | elected | 1892-95 |
The following persons served as United States senators:
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Joseph HIESTER | 1790-94 |
| Gabriel HIESTER | 1795-96 1805-12 |
| Christopher LOWER | 1797-1804 |
| John S. HIESTER | 1809-12 |
| Charles SHOEMAKER | 1813-16 |
| Marks John BIDDLE | 1817-20 |
| Conrad FEGER | 1821-24 |
| George SCHALL | 1825-28 |
| Daniel A. BERTOLET | 1829-32 |
| Paul GEIGER | 1833-36 |
| John MILLER | 1837-40 |
| Samuel FEGLEY | 1841-46 |
| John POTTEIGER | 1847-49 |
| Henry A. MUHLENBERG | 1850-52 |
| William M. HIESTER (William M. Hiester was elected and served as Speaker of the Senate for year 1855.) | 1853-55 |
| John C. EVANS | 1856-58 |
| Benjamin NUNNEMACHER | 1859-60 |
| Hiester CLYMER | 1861-66 |
| J. Depuy DAVIS | 1867-73 |
| Daniel ERMENTROUT | 1874-80 |
| Edward H. SHEARER | 1881-84 |
| Frank R. BRUNNER | 1885-88 |
| Henry D. GREEN | 1889-96 |
| W. Oscar MILLER | 1897-1900 |
| Edward M. HERBST | 1901-1908 |
Contributed by Bonnie Blau.
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