Job Pierson
Job Pierson | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's9thdistrict | |
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835 | |
Preceded by | John Dean Dickinson |
Succeeded by | Hiram P. Hunt |
Personal details | |
Born | East Hampton, New York,U.S. | September 23, 1791
Died | April 9, 1860 Troy, New York,U.S. | (aged 68)
Political party | Jacksonian |
Spouse | Clarissa Bulkeley Pierson |
Children | Job Pierson (1824-1896) Sarah J. Pierson John B. Pierson |
Alma mater | Williams College |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Job Pierson(September 23, 1791 – April 9, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as aU.S. RepresentativefromNew Yorkfrom 1831 to 1835.
Biography
[edit]Born inEast Hampton, New York,Pierson attended the common schools. He graduated fromWilliams Collegein 1811. He studied law in Salem and Schaghticoke. He wasadmitted to the barin 1815 and commenced practice in Rensselaer County. He served as district attorney from 1824 to 1833.
Congress
[edit]Pierson was elected as a Jacksonian to theTwenty-secondandTwenty-thirdCongresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). After an unsuccessful campaign for reelection to theTwenty-fourthCongress in 1834, he resumed the practice of law. He served as Surrogate of Rensselaer County from 1835 to 1840 and was a delegate to theDemocratic National Conventionsin1848,1852,and1856.
Death
[edit]Pierson died inTroy, New Yorkand was interred inOakwood Cemetery.
Notes and references
[edit]- "Job Pierson Family Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress".(1994). Washington, DC:Library of CongressManuscript Division. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress."Job Pierson (id: P000343)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
[edit]- Job Pierson Family Papersat theLibrary of Congress Manuscripts Division.TheLibrary of Congressholds the Pierson family papers, which consist of approximately 350 letters written by Job Pierson (1791-1860) to his wife Clarissa Bulkeley Pierson between 1831 and 1835. The letters, written during Pierson's two congressional terms, focus almost exclusively on political and social events in Washington. A passionate supporter of Andrew Jackson, Pierson filled his letters with accounts of the president and other major political figures, includingMartin Van Buren,Henry Clay,Daniel Webster,andJohn C. Calhoun,and discussed the issues that dominated Jacksonian politics, including theCherokee nation's legal status, theSecond Bank of the United States,theTariff of 1833,and theNullification Crisis.The letters also reveal much about Democratic efforts to maintain party discipline in Congress, congressional daily work routines, Washington social gatherings, and the boarding-house life endured by many congressional representatives.
- 1791 births
- 1860 deaths
- Williams College alumni
- People from East Hampton (town), New York
- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians
- 19th-century American legislators
- Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
- New York (state) United States Representative stubs