Albert Jackson Pearson (May 20, 1846 – May 15, 1905) was a soldier, attorney, judge, and two-term U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

Ohio

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Biography

Born in Centerville, Ohio

Centerville, Ohio

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, Pearson moved with his parents to Beallsville, Ohio

Beallsville, Ohio

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 at an early age. He attended the common schools and the normal school

National Normal University

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 at Lebanon, Ohio

Lebanon, Ohio

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Pearson served as a private in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

186th Ohio Infantry

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, during the Civil War

American Civil War

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He was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 in 1868 and commenced practice in Woodsfield, Ohio

Woodsfield, Ohio

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. He served as the prosecuting attorney of Monroe County, Ohio

Monroe County, Ohio

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, from 1871 to 1877. He served as member of the Ohio Senate

Ohio Senate

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 in 1881 and 1882. He was a probate judge of Monroe County from 1884 to 1890.

Pearson was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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 and Fifty-third

53rd United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress

54th United States Congress

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, and instead resumed the practice of his profession.

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