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Albert J. Pearson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byJoseph D. Taylor
Succeeded byLorenzo Danford
Constituency17th district (1891–1893)
16th district (1893–1895)
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 2, 1882 – January 6, 1884
Preceded byBeriah Wilkins
Succeeded byWilliam S. Crowell
Personal details
BornAlbert Jackson Pearson
(1846-05-20)May 20, 1846
Centerville, Ohio
DiedMay 15, 1905(1905-05-15) (aged 58)
Woodsfield, Ohio
Resting placeWoodsfield Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materNational Normal University
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Rankprivate
Unit186th Ohio Infantry

Albert Jackson Pearson (May 20, 1846 – May 15, 1905) was an American politician and jurist who was a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 to 1895. He was a veteran of the Civil War.

Biography

Born in Centerville, Ohio, Pearson moved with his parents to Beallsville, Ohio at an early age. He attended the common schools and the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio.

Civil War

Pearson served as a private in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War.

Legal career

He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Woodsfield, Ohio. He served as the prosecuting attorney of Monroe County, Ohio, from 1871 to 1877. He served as member of the Ohio Senate in 1881 and 1882. He was a probate judge of Monroe County from 1884 to 1890.

Congress

Pearson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress, and instead resumed the practice of his profession.

Death

Pearson died in Woodsfield on May 15, 1905, and was interred in Woodsfield Cemetery.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJoseph D. Taylor Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th congressional district
1891-1893 		Succeeded byJames A. D. Richards
Preceded byLewis P. Ohliger Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 16th congressional district
1893-1895 		Succeeded byLorenzo Danford
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th congressional district
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