user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What party did the incumbent Joseph Pearson belong to?
Columns: ['District', 'Incumbent', 'Party', 'First elected', 'Result', 'Candidates']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['North Carolina 2', 'Willis Alston', 'Democratic-Republican', '1798', 'Re-elected', 'Willis Alston (DR) 56.0% Daniel Mason (F) 44.0%']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Party" FROM "Table" WHERE "Incumbent" = 'Joseph Pearson';