John Dickson (June 1, 1783 – February 22, 1852) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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Early years
Born in
Keene, New Hampshire
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, Dickson graduated from
Middlebury College
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of
Vermont
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in 1808. He studied law and was
admitted to the bar
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in 1812 and commenced practice in
West Bloomfield, New York
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.
Career
He served as member of the State assembly in 1829 and 1830.
Dickson was elected as an
Anti-Masonic candidate to the
Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-third Congress).
Personal life
He resumed the practice of law in
West Bloomfield, New York
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, where he died on February 22, 1852. He was interred in Pioneer Cemetery. His home at West Bloomfield, known as the
John and Mary Dickson House, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2005.
References
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1783 births
1852 deaths
People from Keene, New Hampshire
Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
People from West Bloomfield, New York
Middlebury College alumni
19th-century American politicians