Isaac Pierson
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Isaac Pierson represented in the United States House of Representatives
from 1827 to 1831.
Pierson was born on August 15, 1770 in Orange, New Jersey
. He attended private schools, and graduated from Princeton College
in 1789. He studied medicine, graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York City
, and commenced practice in Orange. He was elected assessor of Orange on April 13, 1807, and served one year, and served as sheriff of Essex County
from 1807 to 1809. He was president of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1827.
Pierson was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress
and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian
to the Twenty-first Congress
, serving in office from March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1831, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress
.
He died in Orange on September 22, 1833. Interment in Old Burying Ground; reinterment in Rosedale Cemetery
in Orange in 1840.
United States House of Representatives
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from 1827 to 1831.
Pierson was born on August 15, 1770 in Orange, New Jersey
Orange, New Jersey
The City of Orange is a city and township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 30,134...
. He attended private schools, and graduated from Princeton College
Princeton University
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in 1789. He studied medicine, graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...
in New York City
New York City
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, and commenced practice in Orange. He was elected assessor of Orange on April 13, 1807, and served one year, and served as sheriff of Essex County
Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 783,969, ranking it third in the state after Bergen County and Middlesex County; Essex County's population has declined from 786,147 as of the bureau's...
from 1807 to 1809. He was president of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1827.
Pierson was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress
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-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian
National Republican Party (United States)
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to the Twenty-first Congress
21st United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
, serving in office from March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1831, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress
22nd United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...
.
He died in Orange on September 22, 1833. Interment in Old Burying Ground; reinterment in Rosedale Cemetery
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey
Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery located in Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840. - Noted interments :* John L...
in Orange in 1840.
External links
- Isaac Pierson at The Political GraveyardThe Political GraveyardThe Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 224,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information.-History:...