Daniel Heister

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1788–1864

Career timeline

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11-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Heister108,708

Opponents679,394

Elections run

Between 1788 and 1864, Daniel Heister ran in 15 U.S. House elections, winning 11 and losing 4. Heister's biggest single-election total was 32,147 votes, in the 1792 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district. Heister's closest win came in the 1818 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 7, decided by 497 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 8, every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 9, or every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 4.

How many votes has Daniel Heister received?

Daniel Heister has received 108,708 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–4.

Election history

Daniel Heister’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1864	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5,97133.09%	Sydenham Ancona
1856	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	8,32045.41%	Anthony Roberts
1852	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	8,84057.79%	Samp
1834	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	10,34818.33%	David, Potts Edward Darlington Thomas B Dick Benjamin Champneys Morgan
1818	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	2,28256.11%	Samuel E Hudson
1816	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	3,42085.01%	G E Shoemaker Daniel Udree
1814	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	2,91760.32%	Daniel Udree
1810	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5,76016%	Roger Davis Joseph Lefever John Hyneman Samuel Bethel Mark J Biddle
1808	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	10,52516.92%	Matthias Richards Robert Jenkins Robert Whitehill (head-to-head) Dewitt C Davis William Witman
1802	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	9,24021.68%	John Whitehill Isaac Anderson Bower Joseph Hemphill Thomas Boude
1800	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	—	—
1798	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	—	—
1796	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,48326.95%	George Ege Andrew Gregg (head-to-head) William Irvine (head-to-head) William C Wallace Robert Whitehill (head-to-head) Kennedy
1792	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	32,1477.96%	William Findley Frederick Muhlenberg (head-to-head) William Irvine John Kittera Thomas Hartley (head-to-head) H A Muhlenberg (head-to-head) Thomas Fitzsimons (head-to-head) Andrew Gregg (head-to-head) James Armstrong William Montgomery Alfred W Smiley Thomas Scott (head-to-head) S Sitgreaves J D Sergeant J Barcley W H S Thomson Albert H Bingham Henry Wynkoop J Howard Jacobs
1788	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	7,4556.38%	Frederick Muhlenberg (head-to-head) Henry Wynkoop Thomas Hartley (head-to-head) George Clymer Thomas Fitzsimons (head-to-head) Thomas Scott (head-to-head) H A Muhlenberg (head-to-head) John Allison Stephen Chambers Ben Findley William Irvine (head-to-head) Charles Pettit William Montgomery Blair McClenachan Robert Whitehill (head-to-head)

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.