Ray V. Pierce

Ray Vaughn Pierce (August 6, 1840 - February 4, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Stark, New York, Pierce attended public and private schools.He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862. Practiced medicine in Titusville, Pennsylvania from 1862 to 1866.He moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1867.He engaged in the manufacture and sale of proprietary medicines and established the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.He served as member of the State senate 1877-1879.

Pierce was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1879, to September 18, 1880, when he resigned.He was publisher of the Medical Adviser and also a manufacturer.He died on St. Vincents Island, Florida, February 4, 1914.He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York.

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