What is Samuel Pierce?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Samuel Pierce |image = Samuel Pierce official portrait.jpg |office = 8th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] |president = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start = January 23, 1981 |term_end = January 20, 1989 |predecessor = [[Moon Landrieu]] |successor = [[Jack Kemp]] |birth_name = Samuel Riley Pierce |birth_date = {{birth date|1922|9|8}} |birth_place = [[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2000|10|31|1922|9|8}} |death_place = {{nowrap|[[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], [[Maryland]], U.S.}} |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Barbara Penn Wright |children = 1 |education = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br>[[New York University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]]) |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{army|United States}} |unit = [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command|Criminal Investigation Division]] |battles = [[World War II]] }} '''Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr.''' (September 8, 1922{{spaced ndash}}October 31, 2000) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. He served as secretary from January 23, 1981 until January 20, 1989. ==Other websites== *[http://www.americanpresident.org/history/ronaldreagan/cabinet/housingurbandev/samuelpierce/h_index.shtml Samuel Pierce biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001203719/http://www.americanpresident.org/history/ronaldreagan/cabinet/housingurbandev/samuelpierce/h_index.shtml |date=2006-10-01 }} *[http://powerreporting.com/color/2d.html Atlanta Journal-Constitution article from Pierce's tenure] *[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE1DD1038F93AA25755C0A967948260 New York Times CABINET AIDE GREETED BY REAGAN AS 'MAYOR'] {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierce, Samuel