{{Short description|American politician (1823–1907)}} {{Other people|Charles Pierce}}

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'''Charles Wilson Pierce''' (October 7, 1823 – February 18, 1907) was a U.S. representative from Alabama.

==Biography== Born in Benton, New York, Pierce completed preparatory studies. He moved with his father to Sandusky, Ohio, in 1829, and from there to Huntsville, Ohio, in 1847. He moved to Havana, Illinois, in 1855. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the Civil War enlisted in Company B, Eighty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was elected first lieutenant. He was appointed quartermaster June 14, 1864. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Commissioned major in 1865. He settled in Demopolis, Alabama. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Held various public offices. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869. He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He moved to Nebraska in 1872. He served as member of the Nebraska State constitutional convention in 1875.

Pierce was elected to the State senate in 1877 and reelected in 1880. He resigned in 1881 to become register of the United States land office, which position he held until May 1886. He returned to his farm. He died in Hastings, Florida, February 18, 1907. He was interred in the family plot on the home farm near Waverly, Nebraska.

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