Rice Alexander Pierce

Rice Alexander Pierce (born July 3, 1848 in Dresden , Tennessee , † July 12, 1936 in Union City , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1905 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Rice Pierce attended public schools in his home country. Despite his youth, he served in the Confederation Army during the Civil War . After the war he continued his education in London , Canada . After a subsequent law school in Halifax ( North Carolina ) and its made in 1868 admitted to the bar Pierce began working in Union City in his new profession. Between 1874 and 1883 he was the senior district attorney in Tennessee's Twelfth Judicial District. Politically, Pierce joined the Democratic Party . In 1872 he won the election of Union City mayor. In the congressional election of 1882 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Charles Bryson Simonton on March 4, 1883 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1884, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1885 .

In the elections of 1888 Pierce managed to get back into Congress. There he replaced Presley T. Glass on March 4, 1889 , who had become his successor in 1885. After a re-election, he was able to complete two more terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1893. In 1892 he was defeated by James Calvin McDearmon , but succeeded him on March 4, 1897 after another election victory in 1896. By March 3, 1905, he could spend four more legislative periods in Congress. During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . Pierce served a total of seven terms in the US House of Representatives between 1883 and 1905. In 1904 it was no longer confirmed.

After retiring from Congress, Rice Pierce returned to practice as a lawyer in Union City. In 1929 he was chairman of the Tennessee State Electoral Committee. He died in Union City on July 12, 1936.

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SURNAME	Pierce, Rice Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	July 12, 1936
Place of death	Union City , Tennessee