Henry L. Pierce

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name =Henry Lillie Pierce

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state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =December 1, 1873
term_end =March 3, 1877
preceded =William Whiting
succeeded =Walbridge A. Field
birth_date =August 23, 1825
birth_place =Stoughton, Massachusetts
death_date =December 17, 1896
death_place =Boston, Massachusetts
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party =Republican
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order2 = 22nd & 26th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
term_start2 = 1873
term_end2 = 1873
1878 – 1878
preceded2 = William Gaston
Frederick O. Prince
succeeded2 = Leonard R. Cutter
Frederick O. Prince

Henry Lillie Pierce was a United States Representative from
Massachusetts. He was born in Stoughton on August 23, 1825. He pursuedclassical studies, attended the State normal school at Bridgewater, and engaged in manufacturing. He waselected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen, and served as Mayor of Boston. Pierce was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Whiting. He was reelected to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from December 1, 1873, to March 3, 1877. He declined to be a candidate for renomination, was again Mayor of Boston in 1878, and died in that city on December 17, 1896. His interment was in Dorchester Burying Ground.

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