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About Hon. Daniel Broadhead Heiner
Daniel Brodhead Heiner (December 30, 1854 – February 14, 1944) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Daniel Brodhead Heiner, Jr. was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel Brodhead Heiner, Sr. and Mary. G. Graham of Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools at Kittanning, Dayton Academy in Dayton, Pennsylvania, and Dickinson School of Law at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1879. He was admitted to the bar of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, in 1882 and commenced practice in Kittanning. He was also engaged in banking. He was elected district attorney 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.
Heiner was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He was appointed by President William McKinley as United States district attorney 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 Theodore Roosevelt and served until November 1, 1913. He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention. He again served as internal-revenue collector from 1921 to 1933. He died in Kittanning in 1944. Interment in Kittanning Cemetery.
Heiner was a direct descendant of Revolutionary War veteran Brigadier General Daniel Brodhead IV, through his great-grandmother, Ann Garton Brodhead, who was Brodhead's elder daughter.[1]
U.S. Congressman. He attended Dayton Academy, Dickinson Law School, graduated from Allegheny College, in 1879, was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced to practice law in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney of Armstrong County, (1885-92) and elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses, serving (1893-97). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was appointed by President McKinley as U.S. District Attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania, serving (1897- 1902) and appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, as internal-revenue collector for the twenty-third district of Pennsylvania, serving (1902-13). His last public office, was as a internal-revenue collector, (1921-33). He later died in retirement.
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Hon. Daniel Broadhead Heiner's Timeline
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December 30, 1854
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Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
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February 14, 1944
Age 89
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Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
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