John Dean Dickinson

John Dean Dickinson (June 28, 1767 – January 28, 1841) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

John Dean Dickinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	William McManus
Succeeded by	Job Pierson
Constituency	9th district
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	John P. Cushman
Succeeded by	Stephen Van Rensselaer
Constituency	10th district
Personal details
Born	June 28, 1767 Middletown, Connecticut Colony, British America
Died	January 28, 1841 (aged 73) Troy, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian (1829-1831)
Other political affiliations	Federalist (1819-1823) Adams (1827-1829)
Education	Yale College

Biography

Dickinson was born in Middletown in the Connecticut Colony. He completed preparatory studies and graduated from Yale College in 1785, and in 1790 he moved to Lansingburgh, New York.

He was admitted to the bar in April 1791, and commenced the practice of law in Lansingburgh.[1]

Dickinson moved to Troy, New York, and served as president of the Farmers' Bank of Troy, New York, from the bank's foundation in 1801 until his death in 1841.

Dickinson was a director and founder of the Rensselaer & Saratoga Insurance Co. in 1814. He served as a member of the New York State Assembly from November 1816 to April 1817, and was the first president of the Troy Lyceum of Natural History in 1818.

Dickinson was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1823. He was one of the original trustees of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1824.

He served as a member of the committee which received Lafayette on his visits to Troy in 1824 and 1825.

Dickinson was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress from March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1829. He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1831.[2]

After serving in Congress, Dickinson resumed the practice of law in Troy, and died there on January 28, 1841. He is interred at Oakwood Cemetery.

References

1. "DICKINSON, John Dean". History House.
2. "DICKINSON, John Dean, (1767 - 1841)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2012.

External links

• John Dean Dickinson at Find a Grave