Davis Dimock Jr. (September 17, 1801 – January 13, 1842) served briefly 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 ...
from
Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1842.
Biography
Davis Dimock Jr. was born in
Exeter, Pennsylvania (near
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania). He attended the schools of the pioneer settlement of
Montrose, Pennsylvania
Montrose is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, south-southeast of Binghamton, New York and north by west of Scranton. The land is elevated approximately 1,400 feet (427 m) above sea level. It is the Susquehanna Count ...
, and the Susquehanna County Academy at Montrose. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Montrose, and was also engaged in editorial work.
Political career
He was appointed
Susquehanna County
Susquehanna County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,434 Its county seat is Montrose. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from part ...
treasurer in 1834.
Dimock was elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-seventh Congress and served until his death in Montrose in 1842.
Interment is in Montrose Cemetery.
Cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
See also
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References
Retrieved on 2009-5-15
The Political Graveyard
1801 births
1842 deaths
People from Exeter, Pennsylvania
Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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