William Harrison Dimmick (December 20, 1815 – August 2, 1861) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
for
Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1857 to 1861.
Biography
William H. Dimmick (brother of
Milo Melankthon Dimmick
Milo Melankthon Dimmick (October 30, 1811 – November 22, 1872) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Milo Melankthon Dimmick (brother of William Harrison Dimmick) was born in Milford, Pennsy ...
) was born in
Milford, Pennsylvania, the son of Dan Dimmick, a lawyer and Jane, daughter of Jacobus Josephus Aerts, also known as Dr. Francis J. Smith. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in
Bethany, Pennsylvania. He moved to
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, in 1842 and continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of
Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in 1836 and 1837. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered ev ...
for the
10th district from 1845 to 1846.
Dimmick was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth Congresses. He resumed the practice of law and died in Honesdale in 1861. Interment in
Glen Dyberry Cemetery.
Dimmick's law partner was his younger cousin
Samuel E. Dimmick, whom he trained in law. The two cousins ran as opponents in the 1856 election.
Notes
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1815 births
1861 deaths
19th-century American legislators
Burials in Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawyers
Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators
People from Milford, Pennsylvania
19th-century American lawyers