PIERCE
id jiub ■i|iient'y at Coii.-oril,
District of
lis for the
Ml that the
uieiit
-1 for
tj, lb37, as successor to John Page, who completed
the term of Isaac Hill. He took his seat Sept.
24, 1837, the youngest senator in the chamber,
and not till his birthday. Nov. 23. 1837. thirty-
tliree } .
tion of
■r: their militia, and when the
tarj were questioned Senator
iJed him. He opposed the
ninent employees for political
■ :u^i.'iis. Ho rtiigned his vseat iu the senate at
M close of the second session, Aug. 81, 1842. in
Lice of law, ' •
•ed to Cor
on lilt) bench of ihu U.S. supreme court,
,r 9,fef]«^ iir?-»'d Mr. Pier'^*» to accept the
•til ilale WHO tjlecteJ LJ..S.
te pave to the coalition two
■ S3. When the war with
uruUed as a private in a
