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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North DakotaPIERCE, Gilbert Ashville
(1839—1901)
Senate Years of Service:
1889-1891
Party:
Republican
PIERCE, Gilbert Ashville, a Senator from North Dakota; born in East Otto, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., January 11, 1839; attended the public schools; moved to Indiana in 1854 and settled near Valparaiso; attended the University of Chicago Law School two years; during the Civil War enlisted as a second lieutenant, rose to lieutenant colonel and chief quartermaster; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Valparaiso in 1865; member, State house of representatives 1869; assistant financial clerk of the United States Senate 1869-1871; resigned to accept an editorial position on the Chicago Inter-Ocean, serving as associate editor and managing editor for twelve years; became associated with the Chicago News in 1883; author of several books and plays; Governor of Dakota Territory 1884-1886, when he resigned; upon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from November 21, 1889, to March 3, 1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; moved to Minneapolis, Minn.; purchased the Minneapolis Tribune and became its editor in chief in 1891; moved to Florida, then Colorado; appointed Minister to Portugal in 1893, but soon resigned due to illness; died in Chicago, Ill., February 15, 1901; interment in Adams Cemetery, near Valparaiso, Ind.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography
; Pierce, Gilbert. A Dangerous Woman: Being the Experience of the Hon. John Billings, M.C.
Chicago: Donnelley and Sons, 1884; Pierce, Gilbert. Zachariah the Congressman: A Tale of American Society
. Chicago: Donnelley, Gassette and Loyd, 1880.
Pierce, Gilbert A. A Dangerous Woman. Being the Experience of the Hon. John Billings, M.C.
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1884.
___. Peggy: A Country Heroine
. Chicago: Donnelley, Loyd & Co., 1883.
___. Zachariah, the Congressman: A Tale of American Society
. Chicago: Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd, 1880.
Pierce, Gilbert A., with additions by William A. Wheeler. The Dickens Dictionary: A Key to the Characters and Principal Incidents in the Tales of Charles Dickens
. 1878. Reprint. New York: Haskell House Publishers, 1972.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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