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10 Facts About Isaac Pierson

1.

Isaac Pierson represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831.

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Isaac Pierson was the third child of Dr Matthias Pierson and Phebe Pierson.

3.

Isaac Pierson descends from an early colonial immigrant, Thomas Pierson Sr.

4.

Isaac Pierson attended private schools, and graduated from Princeton College in 1789.

5.

Isaac Pierson studied medicine, graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and commenced practice in Orange.

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Isaac Pierson was elected assessor of Orange on April 13,1807, and served one year, and served as sheriff of Essex County from 1807 to 1809.

7.

Isaac Pierson was president of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1827.

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Isaac Pierson was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, serving in office from March 4,1827, to March 3,1831, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress.

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Isaac Pierson was married to Nancy Crane, the daughter of Aaron Crane.

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Isaac Pierson was buried at the Old Burying Ground, but was reinterred in Rosedale Cemetery in Orange in 1840.