Dutee Jerauld Pearce

Dutee Jerauld Pearce (April 3, 1789 – May 9, 1849) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Rhode Island.

Dutee Jerauld Pearce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's At-large district
In office
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1837
Preceded byCharles H. Page
Succeeded byJames M. Pendleton
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Personal details
Born(1789-04-03)April 3, 1789
Prudence Island, Rhode Island
DiedMay 9, 1849(1849-05-09) (aged 60)
Newport
Rhode Island, U.S.
Resting placeCommon Burial Ground
Providence Rhode Island
Political partyAdams Party
Jacksonian Party
Anti-Masonic Party
Spouse(s)Abigail Coggershall Pearce
Harriet Boss Pearce
ChildrenSamuel Pearce
Hannah Jerould Pearce
Abby Perry Pearce
Abigail Pearce
Ann Townsend Pearce
Catherine P Pearce
Dutee J Pearce
Dutee Jerauld Pearce
Harriet Boss Pearce
ParentsSamuel Pearce
Hannah Jerauld Pearce
Alma materBrown University
Providence, Rhode Island
ProfessionLawyer
Politician

Early life

Born on Prudence Island, Pearce graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1808, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[1] He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newport, Rhode Island.

Career

Pearce held various local offices including Attorney general of Rhode Island in 1819–1825 and United States district attorney in 1824 and 1825.[2] He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.

Pearce was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses; as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses; and as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1837. He was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses).

An unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress, Pearce resumed his practice.

Death

Pearce died in Newport on May 9, 1849 (age 60 years, 36 days). He is interred in the Common Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.

Family life

Son of Samuel and Hannah Jerauld Pearce, he married Abigail Coggershall and they had seven children, Samuel, Hannah Jerould, Abby Perry, Abigail, Ann Townsend, Catherine P, and Dutee J Pearce. After the death of his wife on July 4, 1827, Pearce married Harriet Boss and had two children, Dutee Jerauld and Harriet Boss Pearce.[3]

References
  1. Catalogue of the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University. Phi Beta Kappa. Rhode Island Alpha. Brown University 1904. 1904. p. 10. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. Garrison, William Lloyd (1971). A House Dividing Against Itself, 1836-1840. Harvard University Press, Jan 1, 1971. p. 49. ISBN 9780674526617. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. "Dutee Jerauld Pearce". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.


U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Job Durfee		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's At-large district
1825–1837		 Succeeded by
Joseph L. Tillinghast

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