PEIRCE, Joseph, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Portsmouth, N.H., on June 25, 1748; attended school in Portsmouth, N.H.; served in the Revolutionary War in Col. Pierce Long's regiment in 1775 and 1776; member of the New Hampshire state house of representatives in 1788, 1789, 1792-1795, 1800, and 1801; town clerk, 1789-1794; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1801, until his resignation in 1802; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Alton, N.H., September 12, 1812.
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