# Job Pierson

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{{Short description|American politician (1791–1860)}}
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| name             = Job Pierson
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| state            = [New York](/source/New_York_(state))
| district         = {{ushr|NY|9|9th}}
| term_start       = March 4, 1831
| term_end         = March 3, 1835
| predecessor      = [John Dean Dickinson](/source/John_Dean_Dickinson)
| successor        = [Hiram P. Hunt](/source/Hiram_P._Hunt)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1791|9|23}}
| birth_place      = [East Hampton, New York](/source/East_Hampton%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1860|4|9|1791|9|23}}
| death_place      = [Troy, New York](/source/Troy%2C_New_York), U.S.
| spouse           = Clarissa Bulkeley Pierson
| party            = [Jacksonian](/source/Jacksonian_democracy)
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| children         = Job Pierson (1824-1896)<br>Sarah J. Pierson<br>John B. Pierson
| alma_mater       = [Williams College](/source/Williams_College)
| occupation       = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer)
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'''Job Pierson''' (September 23, 1791 – April 9, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) from 1831 to 1835.

==Biography==
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Born in [East Hampton, New York](/source/East_Hampton%2C_New_York), Pierson attended the common schools. He graduated from [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) in 1811. He studied law in Salem and Schaghticoke. He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1815 and commenced practice in Rensselaer County. He served as district attorney from 1824 to 1833.

=== Congress ===
Pierson was elected as a Jacksonian to the [Twenty-second](/source/22nd_United_States_Congress) and [Twenty-third](/source/23rd_United_States_Congress) Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). After an unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the [Twenty-fourth](/source/24th_United_States_Congress) Congress in 1834, he resumed the practice of law. He served as Surrogate of Rensselaer County from 1835 to 1840 and was a delegate to the [Democratic National Convention](/source/Democratic_National_Convention)s in [1848](/source/1848_Democratic_National_Convention), [1852](/source/1852_Democratic_National_Convention), and [1856](/source/1856_Democratic_National_Convention).

=== Death ===
Pierson died in [Troy, New York](/source/Troy%2C_New_York) and was interred in [Oakwood Cemetery](/source/Oakwood_Cemetery_(Troy%2C_New_York)).

==Notes and references==
* {{Cite LOC finding aid
| url = http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms999004
| title = Job Pierson Family Papers
| author = 
| date = 1994
| accessdate = 13 January 2014
}}<br>
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==External links==
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms999004 Job Pierson Family Papers] at the [https://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/ Library of Congress Manuscripts Division]. The [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) holds the Pierson family papers, which consist of approximately 350 letters written by Job Pierson (1791-1860) to his wife Clarissa Bulkeley Pierson between 1831 and 1835. The letters, written during Pierson's two congressional terms, focus almost exclusively on political and social events in Washington. A passionate supporter of Andrew Jackson, Pierson filled his letters with accounts of the president and other major political figures, including [Martin Van Buren](/source/Martin_Van_Buren), [Henry Clay](/source/Henry_Clay), [Daniel Webster](/source/Daniel_Webster), and [John C. Calhoun](/source/John_C._Calhoun), and discussed the issues that dominated Jacksonian politics, including the [Cherokee nation](/source/Cherokee_nation)'s legal status, the [Second Bank of the United States](/source/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States), the [Tariff of 1833](/source/Tariff_of_1833), and the [Nullification Crisis](/source/Nullification_Crisis). The letters also reveal much about Democratic efforts to maintain party discipline in Congress, congressional daily work routines, Washington social gatherings, and the boarding-house life endured by many congressional representatives.

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| after = [Hiram P. Hunt](/source/Hiram_P._Hunt)
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Category:New York (state) lawyers
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Category:Jacksonian United States representatives from New York (state)
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