George H. Pierce (June 27, 1872 – October 22, 1967) was an American lawyer and Senator from New York.
Life
editHe was born on June 27, 1872, in Humphrey, Cattaraugus County, New York, the son of Harlow Pierce (1833–1910) and Lydia (Stevens) Pierce. He attended the district schools and Ten Broeck Academy in Franklinville.[1] Then he read law, was admitted to the bar in 1898, and practiced law in Olean. On May 8, 1902, he married Caroline L. Smith, and their only son was Harlow William Pierce (1905–1948).[2]
He was a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Allegany; Police Justice of the Village of Allegany; President of the Board of Education of Allegany; Village Attorney of Allegany for four years;[3] and Mayor of Olean from 1924 to 1929.[4]
Pierce was a member of the New York State Senate from 1943 to 1962, sitting in the 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd and 173rd New York State Legislatures. He was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary from 1959[5] to 1962.
He died on October 22, 1967, in St. Francis Hospital in Olean, New York;[6] and was buried at the Allegany Cemetery in Allegany.
Sources
edit- ^ New York Red Book (1961–1962; pg. 89)
- ^ HARLOW W. PIERCE in the New York Times on March 14, 1948 (subscription required)
- ^ Pierce genealogy at Ancestry.com
- ^ Mayors of Olean Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine at City of Olean official website [with portrait]
- ^ SENATOR PIERCE, 86, TO HEAD LAW PANEL in the New York Times on January 8, 1959 (subscription required)
- ^ George H. Pierce Is Dead at 95 in the New York Times on October 23, 1967 (subscription required)