Pierce Cahill

{{short description|American politician}}

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Pierce H. Cahill (January 9, 1869 – January 26, 1935) was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1901 to 1904.

Cahill was born in Beetown, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#533.36.70|title=Cahill, Pierce|publisher=Political Graveyard|accessdate=2013-11-23}} He moved with his parents to Green Lake, Wisconsin, where he was educated. In 1889, Cahill moved to South Dakota, where he became a farmer and livestock dealer.South Dakota Blue Book, 1903, Biographical Sketch of Pierce Cahill, p. 219. He lived in Albee in Grant County, South Dakota.[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Historical_Listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=2244 South Dakota Legislature-Historical Listing-Legislator Information-Pierce Cahill]{{cite news|title=A Brief Sketch of the Lives of the Members of Both Houses: 31st District|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12663500/pierce_cahill_18691935/|newspaper=Argus-Leader |date=December 29, 1900|page=10|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 27, 2017}} {{Open access}} He was a Republican. He died of internal injuries at the hospital in Milbank after a car-train accident at Albee.{{cite news|title=Former Legislator Dies of Injuries|work=Argus-Leader|date=January 28, 1935|page=1}}

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