Joseph Peirce

Joseph Peirce ( born June 25, 1748 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; † September 12, 1812 in Alton, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1801 and 1802, he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Peirce grew still in the British colonial era. He attended the schools of his home and joined at the outbreak of the War of Independence, the American Revolution movement. Between 1775 and 1776, he was a soldier in the Continental Army. Since 1788 Peirce came as a politician in appearance. He was a member of the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton and was 1788-1801 several times a deputy in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Between 1789 and 1794, he also served as town clerk.

In the congressional elections of 1800, which were held all across the state, Peirce was the second parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1801 the successor of Jonathan Freeman. However, he resigned his seat in Congress already down in 1802. After a by-election be seat fell to Samuel Hunt. After the end of his time in Congress Joseph Peirce worked in agriculture. He died on September 12, 1812 in Alton.