| LC control no. | no 94031772 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pierce, Mr. (Rice Alexander), 1848-1936 |
| Variant(s) | Pierce, Rice Alexander, 1848-1936 |
| Other standard no. | 63586413 Q2148809 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1848-07-03 |
| Death date | 1936-07-12 |
| Place of birth | Dresden (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Union City (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | United States--Politics and government--1865-1933 Municipal government |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.) Confederate States of America. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians Lawyers Mayors Public prosecutors |
| Found in | Overton Love and Wyatt Gilschrist, 1884?: p. 1 (Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, House) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Pierce, Rice Alexander, D. Tenn., July 3, 1848-July 12, 1936; House 1883-85; 1889-93; 1897-1905) Wikipedia September 27, 2023: (Pierce was born on July 3, 1848, in Dresden, Tennessee, in Weakley County. He attended the common schools in Tennessee, and during the Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army with the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry. After the war, he attended school in London, Ontario, Canada and studied law in Halifax, North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar of the supreme court in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1868. In 1869, Pierce commenced practice in Union City, Tennessee, in Obion County. He served as mayor in 1872. He was elected the district attorney general of the twelfth judicial circuit in 1874. Pierce died in Union City, Tennessee, on July 12, 1936.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Alexander_Pierce> |
| Associated language | eng |
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