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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaOliver James DICKEY
(1823-1876)
DICKEY, Oliver James, (son
of John Dickey), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Old
Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., April 6, 1823; completed preparatory
studies; attended Beaver Academy and Dickinson College, Carlisle,
Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar at Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., in 1844 and practiced; district attorney of Lancaster
County 1856-1859; during the Civil War served as lieutenant colonel
of the Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; elected as a
Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Thaddeus Stevens and on the same day was elected to
the Forty-first Congress; reelected to the Forty-second Congress
and served from December 7, 1868, to March 3, 1873; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1872; delegate to the State
constitutional convention at Harrisburg in 1873; resumed the
practice of law in Lancaster, Pa., and died there April 21, 1876;
interment in Woodward Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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