Job Pierson

Job Pierson

Job Pierson (September 23, 1791 - April 9, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in East Hampton, New York, Pierson attended the common schools. He graduated from Williams College in 1811. He studied law in Salem and Schaghticoke. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Rensselaer County. He served as district attorney from 1824-1833.

Pierson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He served as Surrogate of Rensselaer County from 1835-1840.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1848, 1852, and 1856.He died in Troy, New York, April 9, 1860, and he was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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