John Dickey (June 23, 1794 – March 14, 1853) was a Whig member of the

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from

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Biography

John Dickey (father of

Oliver James Dickey Oliver James Dickey (April 6, 1823 – April 21, 1876) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Oliver J. Dickey (son of John Dickey) was born in Old Brighton, Pennsylvania. He attended Beaver A ...

) was born in

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. He was appointed postmaster of Old

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, on April 11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821. He served as

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from 1824 to 1827. He was a member of the

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in 1835 and 1837. Dickey was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was again elected to the Thirtieth Congress. He was appointed

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for the western district of Pennsylvania on January 22, 1852. He died in

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, in 1853. Interment in the Old Cemetery.

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