Preceded by Charles H. Page Education Brown University Profession Lawyer
Politician Succeeded by James M. Pendleton | Name Dutee Pearce Resigned March 3, 1837 Role American Politician | |
Born April 3, 1789
Prudence, Rhode Island ( 1789-04-03 ) Political party Adams Party
Jacksonian Party
Anti-Masonic Party Spouse(s) Abigail Coggershall Pearce
Harriet Boss Pearce Children Samuel Pearce
Hannah Jerould Pearce
Abby Perry Pearce
Abigail Pearce
Ann Townsend Pearce
Catherine P Pearce
Dutee J Pearce
Dutee Jerauld Pearce
Harriet Boss Pearce Alma mater Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island Died May 9, 1849, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Resting place Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery Parents Hannah Jerauld Pearce, Samuel Pearce | ||
Dutee Jerauld Pearce (April 3, 1789 – May 9, 1849) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Rhode Island.
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Early life
Born on Prudence Island, Pearce graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1808, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newport, Rhode Island.
Career
Pearce held various local offices including Attorney general of Rhode Island in 1819–1825 and United States district attorney in 1824 and 1825. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Pearce was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses; as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses; and as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1837. He was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses).
An unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress, Pearce resumed his practice.
Death
Pearce died in Newport on May 9, 1849 (age 60 years, 36 days). He is interred in the Common Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.
Family life
Son of Samuel and Hannah Jerauld Pearce, he married Abigail Coggershall and they had seven children, Samuel, Hannah Jerould, Abby Perry, Abigail, Ann Townsend, Catherine P, and Dutee J Pearce. After the death of his wife on July 4, 1827, Pearce married Harriet Boss and had two children, Dutee Jerauld and Harriet Boss Pearce.