Jeremiah H. Pierson

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Jeremiah Halsey Pierson (born September 13, 1766 in Newark , New York Province, † December 12, 1855 in Ramapo , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jeremiah Halsey Pierson grew up during the British colonial era. His family moved in 1772 to Richmond ( Massachusetts ). He attended public schools in Richmond and Stockbridge . Then he completed his preliminary studies. He studied law and began practicing law in Massachusetts after receiving his license to practice law. In 1795 he moved to New York and settled in Ramapo. There he continued to work as a lawyer, but also pursued commercial transactions and worked in production. He was between 1800 and 1811 justice of the peace and 1808 associate justice at the Court of Common Pleas . He was largely responsible for the safety of the construction of the Erie Railroad . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the congressional elections of 1820 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Caleb Tompkins on March 4, 1821 . Since he on a run again in 1822 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1823 Congress of. Then he went back to his previous business. In 1831 he took part as a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Baltimore . He died on December 12, 1855 in Ramapo and his body was then buried in the local cemetery.

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SURNAME Pierson, Jeremiah H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pierson, Jeremiah Halsey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark , New York Province
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1855
Place of death Ramapo , New York