Isaac Pierson

Isaac Pierson (born August 15, 1770 in Orange , Province of New Jersey , †  September 22, 1833 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Pierson attended private schools and graduated from Princeton College in 1789 . After studying medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City and becoming a doctor, he began working in this profession in Orange. In 1807 he was employed by the local city administration as an assessor. He held this office for a year. Between 1807 and 1809, Pierson served as Sheriff's chief of police in Essex County . In 1827 he became President of the Medical Society of New Jersey .

In the 1820s, Pierson became a supporter of President John Quincy Adams . He later joined the National Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1826 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Daniel Garrison on March 4, 1827 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1831 . After President Andrew Jackson took office , there was heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1830 Pierson was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he no longer appeared politically. He died in Orange on September 22, 1833.

Web links

• Isaac Pierson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac Pierson in the database of Find a Grave (English)