Sidney Dean (November 16, 1818 – October 29, 1901) was a
United States representative
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from
Connecticut
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. He was born in
Glastonbury, Connecticut
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where he attended the common schools and Wilbraham and Suffield Academies. He was a minister in the
Methodist Episcopal Church
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from 1843 to 1853, when he retired from the ministry because of impaired health. After leaving the ministry, he engaged in manufacturing in
Putnam, Connecticut
Putnam is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,224 at the 2020 census.
History
Putnam, originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, is a New England mill town incorporated in 1855. Created from se ...
.
Dean was a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
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in 1854 and 1855. He was elected as the candidate of the
American Party to the
Thirty-fourth Congress
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and as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth Congress
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(March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). In Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-fourth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858. In 1860, Dean reentered the ministry, with pastorates in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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,
Providence, Rhode Island
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, and finally in
Warren, Rhode Island
Warren is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 11,147 at the 2020 census.
History
Warren was the site of the Pokanoket Indian settlement of Sowams located on a peninsula within the Pokanoket region. The reg ...
. During the period 1865-1880, he engaged as editor of the ''Providence Press'', ''Providence Star'', and ''Rhode Island Press''. He also served in the
Rhode Island Senate
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in 1870 and 1871. He also engaged in literary pursuits and lecturing. He died in
Brookline, Massachusetts
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in 1901 and was buried in South Cemetery, Warren, Rhode Island.
References
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1818 births
1901 deaths
People from Glastonbury, Connecticut
Politicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
American newspaper editors
People from Warren, Rhode Island
Republican Party Rhode Island state senators
Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
Burials in Rhode Island
19th-century American politicians