Biography

12/03/1782 - 06/05/1859

HESTON, Thomas J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 3, 1782 in Blockley Township (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa.; painter; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829, 1829-1830, 1830-1831 and 1831-1832 terms; vice president, Democratic State Convention (1833); reelected to the House for the 1833-1834, 1834-1835 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1835, 1844); secretary, Market Street Permanent Bridge Company (1835-1836); appointed, commissioner, Philadelphia Canal Company (1837-1838); reelected to the House for the 1838-1839 term; elected, auditor, Philadelphia County (1840-1841); gubernatorial appointee, Commission to Inspect and Incorporate the Kensington and Oxford Turnpike (1845-1846); died, June 5, 1859 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.