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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeDavid W. DICKINSON
(1808-1845)
DICKINSON, David W.,
(nephew of William Hardy Murfree), a Representative from Tennessee;
born in Franklin, Tenn., June 10, 1808; completed preparatory
studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced;
elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4,
1833-March 3, 1835); elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); was unable to attend the
last session of Congress on account of his failing health; died at
“Grantland,” his father’s home, near
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., on April 27, 1845;
interment in the family burying ground on the estate.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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