Alexander Pirnie

Alexander Pirnie

Male 1903 - 1982  (79 years)


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  • Name Alexander Pirnie 
    Birth 16 Apr 1903  Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Jun 1982 
    Person ID I47505  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Roscoe C. Pirnie 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary R. Price 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F15465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Class of 1920 PACS

      US Congressman. He graduated from Pulaski Academy in 1920, Cornell University in 1924, Cornell Law School in 1926, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Utica, New York. During World War II, he served in Europe as a Colonel in US Army Infantry, being awarded the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. In 1959, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth Congress and to the next six succeeding Congresses, serving until 1973. Not a candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law and was presiding legal officer of a clothing firm in Mohawk, New York, (1977-80).