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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCharles Edward PEARCE
(1842-1902)
PEARCE, Charles Edward, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Whitesboro, Oneida County,
N.Y., May 29, 1842; attended Fairfield Seminary and was graduated
from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1863; enlisted in the
Union Army and was commissioned captain of Battery D, Sixteenth
Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery, in 1863; promoted to the rank
of major in June 1864; on the occupation of Wilmington was detailed
as provost marshal general of the eastern district of North
Carolina; resigned from the Army in the fall of 1865; settled in
St. Louis, Mo., in 1866; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1867 and commenced practice in St. Louis, Mo.; also interested in
the manufacture of bagging, rope, and twine; organized and
commanded the First Regiment of the Missouri National Guard in
1877; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888;
appointed chairman of the commission to treat with the Sioux
Indians of the Northwest in 1891; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3,
1901); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900; died in
St. Louis, Mo., on January 30, 1902; interment in Fort Hill
Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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