David_Pierce,_Jr.
David Pierce Jr.
American judge
David Pierce Jr. (March 26, 1786 – August 16, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician who served in Vermont as State Auditor and as a state court judge.
Pierce was born in Southborough, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1786, and raised in Barnard, Vermont.[1]
He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1811. He then taught school, studied law with Charles Marsh, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and established a law practice in Woodstock, Vermont.[2]
Pierce was also interested in inventing and other scientific pursuits, and items he patented include a gold separator, a planing machine and a method for constructing watertight ship's holds.[3][4]
In 1823, Pierce was elected State Auditor, and he served until 1845.[5]
Pierce was named a judge of the court of common pleas in 1836, and he served until 1846.[6]
Pierce died in Woodstock, Vermont, on August 16, 1872.
- History of Barnard, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1761-1927], by William Monroe Newton, Volume 1, 1928, page 261
- History of Woodstock, Vermont, by Henry Swan Dana, 1899, page 476
- Journal of the Franklin Institute, published by the institute, Volume 57, 1854, page 160
- Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, published by U.S. Patent Office, Volume 2, 1871, page 503
- Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, by Rev. George T. Chapman, 1867, page 156
- History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769-1911, by Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy, Volume 1, pages 319-320
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