Biography

02/08/1766 - 07/03/1848

HOTTENSTEIN, Dr. David Frederick, a Representative from Berks and Schuylkill Counties; born, February 8, 1766 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pa.; M.D., University of Pennsylvania; brigadier general, 6^th Division, Pennsylvania Milita (1812, War of 1812); physician; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1815-1816 term; reelected as a Democrat for the 1821-1822, 1822-1823, 1823-1824 and 1826-1827 terms; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1832); died, July 3, 1848 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hottenstein Burial Ground, Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.