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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJohn DICKSON
(1783-1852)
DICKSON, John, a
Representative from New York; born in Keene, N.H., June 1, 1783;
was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1808; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in West
Bloomfield, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1829 and 1830;
elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); chairman,
Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-third
Congress); resumed the practice of law in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., where he died February 22, 1852; interment in Pioneer
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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