John Jamison Pearce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Jamison Pearce
American politician
Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1826
Place of Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 26-May-1912
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Jamison Pearce
- John Jamison Pearce (February 28, 1826 – May 26, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S.
- House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John J.
- Pearce was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
- He completed preparatory studies and was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church when eighteen years of age.
- He joined the Baltimore Conference and served as pastor at Warriors Mark, Jersey Shore, and Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Pearce was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress.
- He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1856.
- He served as a pastor in various localities until he retired to Lock Haven in 1888.
- He moved to Conneaut, Ohio, where he died in 1912.
- Interment in Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
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