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Wallace Edgar Pierce (December 9, 1881 – January 3, 1940) was a Republican member of the
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Biography

Pierce was born in Black Brook, New York. He graduated from Plattsburgh Normal School in 1903. He served as a secretary to Congressman
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from 1909 until 1912 and Congressman Edwin A. Merritt from 1912 until 1914. Pierce was a member of the
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Republican committee from 1926 until 1940. He was elected to Congress in 1938 and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in
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, on January 3, 1940. Pierce was interred in Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, New York.


See also

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References

*U.S. Government Printing Office
"Wallace Edgar Pierce, Late a Representative from New York"
1941 1881 births 1940 deaths State University of New York at Plattsburgh alumni People from Clinton County, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 20th-century American politicians {{NewYork-Representative-stub