Jeremiah H. Pierson
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Jeremiah Halsey Pierson (September 13, 1766 - December 12, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Pierson moved with his parents to Richmond, Massachusetts, in 1772. He attended the public schools of Richmond and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Massachusetts. He moved to New York in 1795 and settled in Ramapo. Practiced law and engaged in mercantile pursuits and manufacturing. He was in the Justice of the Peace 1800-1811. He served as associate justice of the court of common pleas in 1808. Largely instrumental in securing the construction of the Erie Railroad.
Pierson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1822. He resumed his former business pursuits. He served as delegate to the National Republican Convention at Baltimore in 1831. He died in Ramapo, New York, December 12, 1855. He was interred in Ramapo Cemetery.
