Wallace E. Pierce

Wallace Edgar Pierce ( born December 9, 1881, Clinton County, New York; † 3 January 1940 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. In the years 1939 and 1940 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Wallace Pierce attended the public schools of his home. In 1903 he graduated from Plattsburgh State Normal School. In the following years he taught himself as a teacher in Clinton County and Ogdensburg. Between 1909 and 1912 he was on the staff of Congressman George R. Malby. He then worked until 1914 for the deputies Edwin Albert Merritt. After studying law and his 1913 was admitted to the bar, he began practicing in this profession in Plattsburgh. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1916 and 1920, Pierce was sitting in the New York State Assembly. From 1926 to 1940 he was District Chairman of the Republican in Clinton County; 1934-1940 he was also a member of the State Board of his party.

In the congressional elections of 1938, Pierce was elected in 31 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Bertrand Snell on January 3, 1939. He could exercise a year until his death on January 3, 1940 that mandate accurate. At this time there more New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration were adopted. Wallace Pierce was buried in Plattsburgh. His deputy's mandate was made after a special election to Clarence E. Kilburn.