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| In office March 4, 1843 – December 20, 1862 |
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| Preceded by | John L. Kerr |
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| Succeeded by | Thomas H. Hicks |
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| Born | December 14, 1805 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 20, 1862 (aged 57) Chestertown, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Whig, Democrat |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
James Alfred Pearce (December 14, 1805 – December 20, 1862) was an American politician. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday John Leeds Kerr ( January 15, 1780 &ndash February 21, 1844) was an American Politician. Thomas Holliday Hicks ( September 2, 1798 February 14, 1865) was an American politician from Maryland. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Alexandria is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the second district of Maryland from 1835-1839 and 1841-1843. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Second Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He later served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1843 until his death in 1862. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday
Pearce was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and, as a youth, attended a private academy there. Alexandria is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1822. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the He later studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Cambridge, Maryland, in 1824. Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Pearce moved to Louisiana in 1825 and engaged in sugar planting, returning to Kent County, Maryland, in 1828, where he resumed the practice of law in Chestertown. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kent County is a County located in the US state of Maryland, on its Eastern Shore. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap
From 1831 until 1835, Pearce was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1835 until March 3, 1839, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress, losing to Philip Thomas. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Philip Francis Thomas ( September 12, 1810 October 2, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician He was again elected to Congress in 1840, and served one term from March 4, 1841, until March 3, 1843. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
Pearce was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1843, and was re-elected in 1849, 1855, and 1861, the last time as a Democrat, and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in 1862. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In the Senate, Pearce served as chairman of the Committee on the Library (Twenty-ninth through Thirty-seventh Congresses). The Joint Committee on the Library is a Joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to the affairs and administration of the Library of Congress He also served as chairman of the Committee on Finance for two months in 1861. The US Senate Committee on Finance (or less formally Senate Finance Committee) is a Standing committee of the United States Senate. He died in Chestertown in 1862, and is interred in New Chester Cemetery. Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States.
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| Preceded by Richard B. Carmichael |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd congressional district 1835 – 1839 |
Succeeded by Philip Thomas |
| Preceded by Philip Thomas |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd congressional district 1841 – 1843 |
Succeeded by Francis Brengle |
| Preceded by John L. Kerr |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Maryland March 4, 1843 – December 20, 1862 Served alongside: William D. Merrick, Reverdy Johnson, David Stewart, Thomas G. Pratt, Anthony Kennedy |
Succeeded by Thomas H. Hicks |
| Preceded by Robert M.T. Hunter |
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 1861 |
Succeeded by William Pitt Fessenden |
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The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as Richard Bennett Carmichael ( December 25, 1807 &ndash October 21, 1884) was an American politician These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The Second Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years Philip Francis Thomas ( September 12, 1810 October 2, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician Philip Francis Thomas ( September 12, 1810 October 2, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The Second Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years Francis Brengle ( November 26, 1807 &ndash December 10, 1846) was an American politician John Leeds Kerr ( January 15, 1780 &ndash February 21, 1844) was an American Politician. This is a List of United States Senators from Maryland. Maryland ratified the Constitution on April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday William Duhurst Merrick ( October 25, 1793 &ndash February 5, 1857) was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving Reverdy Johnson ( May 21, 1796 &ndash February 10, 1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. David Stewart ( September 13, 1800 &ndash January 5, 1858) was an American Senator. Thomas George Pratt ( February 18, 1804 November 9, 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis Maryland. Anthony Kennedy ( December 21, 1810 &ndash July 31, 1892) was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from Thomas Holliday Hicks ( September 2, 1798 February 14, 1865) was an American politician from Maryland. Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter ( April 21, 1809 &ndash July 18, 1887) American Statesman, was born in Essex The US Senate Committee on Finance (or less formally Senate Finance Committee) is a Standing committee of the United States Senate. William Pitt Fessenden (October 16 1806 &ndash September 8 1869 was an American politician from the UDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic