Born in
East Hampton, New York, Pierson attended the common schools. He graduated from
Williams College in 1811. He studied law in Salem and Schaghticoke. He was
admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Rensselaer County. He served as district attorney from 1824 to 1833.
Congress Pierson was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). After an unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the
Twenty-fourth Congress in 1834, he resumed the practice of law. He served as Surrogate of Rensselaer County from 1835 to 1840 and was a delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in
1848,
1852, and
1856.
Death Pierson died in
Troy, New York and was interred in
Oakwood Cemetery. ==Notes and references==