Charles Edward Pearce

Charles Edward Pearce (born May 29, 1842 in Whitesboro , Oneida County , New York , †  January 30, 1902 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1901 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Pearce first attended Fairfield Seminary and then until 1863 Union College in Schenectady . During the Civil War he served as an officer in various positions in the Union Army between 1863 and 1865 . He rose to major. After the war he settled in St. Louis. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1867, he began to work there in his new profession. He also made sacks, ropes and twine. Politically, Pearce joined the Republican Party . In 1877 he became the commanding officer of the Missouri National Guard's First Regiment. In 1888, Pearce was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1891 he became chairman of a negotiating committee with the Sioux .

In the congressional elections of 1896 Pearce was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Seth Wallace Cobb on March 4, 1897 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1901 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1900 Pearce declined to run again. He died on January 30, 1902 in St. Louis and was buried in Auburn, New York.

Web links

• Charles Edward Pearce in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Edward Pearce in the database of Find a Grave (English)