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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyPhilemon DICKERSON
(1788-1862)
DICKERSON, Philemon,
(brother of Mahlon Dickerson), a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Succasunna, Morris County, N.J., January 11, 1788; pursued
classical studies, and was graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1808; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in Paterson, N.J., the same
year; admitted as a counselor in 1817; member of the State general
assembly from Essex County in 1821 and 1822; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and
served from March 4, 1833, until November 3, 1836, when he
resigned, having been chosen Governor by the legislature; served as
Governor and ex officio chancellor from November 3, 1836, to
October 27, 1837; appointed sergeant at law in 1834, being the last
person in New Jersey to hold that title; elected as a Democrat to
the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-seventh
Congress; appointed judge of the United States District Court for
the District of New Jersey on March 2, 1841, and served until his
death; president of the city council of Paterson, N.J., in 1851;
died in Paterson, N.J., December 10, 1862; interment in Cedar Lawn
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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