Biography

03/14/1799 - 06/21/1853


HECKMAN, Jefferson Kreider, a Representative from Monroe and Northampton Counties; born, March 14, 1799 in Northampton County, Pa.; elected, justice of the peace, Easton; elected, burgess, Easton (1837-1839); elected, treasurer, Northampton County (1839-1843); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1842 and 1843 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1844-1846); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1848); appointed, collector of tolls, Easton (1849); died, June 21, 1853 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 


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