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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriClement Cabell DICKINSON
(1849-1938)
DICKINSON, Clement Cabell,
a Representative from Missouri; born at Prince Edward Court House,
Prince Edward County, Va., December 6, 1849; tutored privately and
also attended private schools; was graduated from Hampden-Sidney
College, Virginia, in June 1869; taught school in Virginia and
Kentucky 1869-1872; moved to Clinton, Mo., in September 1872 and
continued teaching; also studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1875 and commenced practice in Clinton, Mo.; prosecuting attorney
of Henry County, Mo., 1877-1882; city attorney of Clinton
1882-1884; member of the State house of representatives 1900-1902;
served in the State senate 1902-1906; member of the board of
regents of the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., 1907-1913;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of David A. De Armond; reelected to the
Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from
February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; elected to the
Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4,
1923-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928
to the Seventy-first Congress; elected to the Seventy-second and
Seventy-third Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1935);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; resumed the
practice of law at Clinton, Mo., where he died January 14, 1938;
interment in Englewood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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