John Dickey (June 23, 1794 – March 14, 1853) was a
Whig member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
John Dickey (father of
Oliver James Dickey) was born in
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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. He was appointed postmaster of Old
Brighton, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821. He served as
sheriff from 1824 to 1827. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate 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
United States Marshal
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for the western district of Pennsylvania on January 22, 1852. He died in
Beaver, Pennsylvania
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, in 1853. Interment in the Old Cemetery.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1794 births
1853 deaths
Pennsylvania state senators
United States Marshals
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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