In 1919 he was named a member of the bi-state commission that created the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Arthur N. Pierson (1867–1957), Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate
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The story supposedly begins in Sicily, where guitarist and "punk rock renaissance man" John 'Jughead' Pierson had been visiting his friends in the Italian band, The Manges, following the dissolution of his previous band Screeching Weasel.
Pierson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823.