John James Pearson (October 25, 1800 – May 30, 1888) was an American politician and judge from

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who served as an

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member of the

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Pearson was born near Darby in

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to Bevan and Anne (Warner) Pearson. He moved with his parents to

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, in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in August 1822 and commenced practice in Mercer County. He married Ellen Hays on October 13, 1828. She died in February 1840, and he remarried to Mary Harris Briggs on July 12, 1842. He was elected as an

to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Banks and served from December 5, 1836, to March 3, 1837. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed the practice of law and served as a Whig member of

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for the 20th district from 1838 to 1842. He was appointed president judge of Dauphin and

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Counties on April 7, 1849, and served until January 1, 1882. He died at his home in

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on May 30, 1888, and was interred in

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The Political Graveyard

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