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    Pierce, Joshua C. "J.C."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1872 (District 16)

    Party when first elected:  Democratic

    Counties Served:  Goodhue

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 12/8/1830 (uncertain)
    Birth Place: Nashua, New Hampshire
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 6/13/1904
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: J.C.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Red Wing
    Occupation (when first elected): Banker, President and Founder; Pierce, Simmons and Company Bank/Former Land Business; Smith, Towne and Company

    EDUCATION

    Academy of New Hampshire; Secondary; Surveying Course

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married (twice)
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    Toensing lists his birth year as 1832 with a question mark. History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, 1909 lists 1830.

    He moved to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1855.

    He was "elected on the Democratic ticket." (History of Goodhue County, Minnesota. Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909, p. 10.)

    Total Days Served: 371

    SESSIONS SERVED

    14th Legislative Session (1872)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1872
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/7/1871
    Residence: Red Wing
    Term of Office: 1/2/1872 to 1/6/1873
    Oath Date: 1/2/1872
    Counties Represented: Goodhue
    Occupation: Banker, President and Founder; Pierce, Simmons and Company Bank/Former Land Business; Smith, Towne and Company
    Party: Democratic Party Notes: He was "elected on the Democratic ticket." (History of Goodhue County, Minnesota. Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909, p. 10.)
    Committees:
    • Agriculture and Manufactures
    • Joint Apportionment
    • Railroads

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