Dutee Jerauld Pearce

Dutee Jerauld Pearce (born April 3, 1789 on Prudence Island , Newport County , Rhode Island , †  May 9, 1849 in Newport , Rhode Island) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1825 and 1837 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Dutee Pearce attended Brown University in Providence until 1808 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law, he began to work in this profession in Newport. He also held a number of local offices. Between 1819 and 1825, Pearce served as the Attorney General of Rhode Island. From 1824 to 1825, he was the successor to John Pitman as a federal attorney in that state.

Politically, he joined the opposition to President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the National Republican Party , which later became the Whig Party . Pearce first became a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island . In the congressional election of 1824 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC against incumbent Job Durfee . After he was confirmed in each of the following elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress between March 4, 1825 and March 3, 1837 . During this time the political debate about the politics of President Jackson fell. Among other things, it was about the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president. Between 1827 and 1831, Pearce was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business .

In the elections of 1836 Pearce lost to Joseph L. Tillinghast . Then he withdrew from politics.

Web links

• Dutee Jerauld Pearce in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dutee Jerauld Pearce in the database of Find a Grave (English)