Job Pierson

Job Pierson
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	(1791-09-23)September 23, 1791 East Hampton, New York,U.S.
Died	April 9, 1860(1860-04-09)(aged 68) Troy, New York,U.S.
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

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

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

Pierson died inTroy, New Yorkand was interred inOakwood Cemetery.

Notes and references

• "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

• 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.