Charles Wilson Pierce (October 7, 1823 – February 18, 1907) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in Benton, New York, Pierce completed preparatory studies. He moved with his father to

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, in 1829, and from there to

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, in 1847. He moved to

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, in 1855. During the

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enlisted in Company B, Eighty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was elected first lieutenant. He was appointed quartermaster June 14, 1864. Commissioned major in 1865. He settled in Demopolis, Alabama. Held various public offices. Upon the readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a

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to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869. He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He moved to Nebraska in 1872. He served as member of the Nebraska State constitutional convention in 1875. Pierce was elected to the State senate in 1877 and reelected in 1880. He resigned in 1881 to become register of the United States land office, which position he held until May 1886. He returned to his farm. He died in

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, February 18, 1907. He was interred in the family plot on the home farm near

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pierce, Charles Wilson 1823 births 1907 deaths Union Army officers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama People from Benton, New York 19th-century American politicians People from Havana, Illinois People from Sandusky, Ohio People from Logan County, Ohio People from Lancaster County, Nebraska Military personnel from Illinois