James Alfred Pearce (April 2, 1840 – December 9, 1920) was an American lawyer, and was a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1897 to 1912.

Biography

Pearce was born in Chestertown,

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, the only son of United States Senator James Alfred Pearce. Pearce attended public school and graduated from Washington College. He graduated from

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in 1860,He later received a masters (1863) and an

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degree (1915) from Princeton. and thereafter began practicing law in Chestertown. He practiced law for over 30 years before his appointment to the state's highest court in 1897. He retired from the bench in 1912, and died at Chestertown in 1920.

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* Judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals 1840 births 1920 deaths People from Chestertown, Maryland Princeton University alumni Washington College alumni 19th-century American lawyers {{Maryland-state-judge-stub