Edward Nathan Pearson

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Edward Nathan Pearson was the New Hampshire Secretary of State from 1899 to 1915.^[1]

Edward Nathan Pearson, secretary of state, and one of the most popular young men in New Hampshire, was born in Webster, New Hampshire, September 7, 1859, the son of John C. and Lizzie S. (Colby) Pearson. He prepared for college in the High School at Warner and the academy at Penacook and graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1881, ranking with the very first in scholarship. Immediately upon graduation he entered the employ of the Republican Press Association at Concord, New Hampshire, as city editor of the Concord Evening Monitor. With the exception of one year spent in Washington, D.C., as teacher in a public school, Mr. Pearson continued his connection with the Republican Press Association and its papers, the Evening Monitor and Independent Statesman, for almost twenty years, acting during nearly half that time as managing editor of the papers and business manager of the entire plant. In this period of his life he established a reputation which he has since maintained and increased of uniting in himself grace and style, originality of thought and thorough culture as a writer with tried and true ability, industry and integrity as a business man.^[2]

By inheritance, training, judgment and choice Mr. Pearson is a steadfast Republican. During his connection with the Republican Press Association he was elected Public Printer of the state and served from 1894-1895;^[3] and in 1899 he was chosen Secretary of State, a position which he has since filled with the greatest credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. The characteristic of Mr. Pearson's life has always been his desire to help, by word or deed or both, every one with whom he came in contact. In his official position he finds many opportunities for the gratification of this desire, which, added to his executive and administrative ability, his wide knowledge of men and affairs, his natural gift cf oratory and his aptitude in the management of public functions, make him the ideal of an officer and servant of the commonwealth.^[3]

Mr. Pearson was for several years a member of the Board of Health of Concord and an officer of the [[New Hampshire Association of Boards of Health|Association of Boards of Health of the state. These positions he resigned upon his election to the Board of Education of Union School District in Concord. He is a vice-president of the general alumni association of Dartmouth College and has served on the committee for the nomination of candidates for alumni trustee. He is, also, an officer of the New Hampshire Press Association and of other organizations. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and other fraternal orders and is a constant attendant upon the services of the South Congregational church. December 8, 1882, he was united in marriage with Miss Addie M. Sargent of Lebanon, and they have four children.^[3]

Just entering the prime of life, with opportunities for wide usefulness all about him, and with a large and ever increasing circle of warm and devoted personal friends, Secretary of State Pearson has done and will do much for his city, his state and his fellow men.^[3]

This article incorporates text from the 1903 State Builders; An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by George Franklyn Willey, a book now in the public domain. Please feel free to update the text but please maintain the proper citations on the information from that source. This article incorporates facts obtained from The Political Graveyard.