US Congressman. Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, he attended Williams College in Williamstown (1818 to 1821) before moving to Tiffin, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar and set up a law practice. He was prosecuting attorney for Seneca County (1824), Williams County (1826), and Sandusky County (1827), and a member of the Ohio Board of Public Works from 1836 to 1845. Dickinson was elected as a Democrat to represent Ohio's 6th District in the Thirtieth and Thirty-First US Congresses, and served from 1847 until his death in office. Originally buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, he was later reinterred at Oakwood Cemetery in Fremont, Ohio.
US Congressman. Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, he attended Williams College in Williamstown (1818 to 1821) before moving to Tiffin, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar and set up a law practice. He was prosecuting attorney for Seneca County (1824), Williams County (1826), and Sandusky County (1827), and a member of the Ohio Board of Public Works from 1836 to 1845. Dickinson was elected as a Democrat to represent Ohio's 6th District in the Thirtieth and Thirty-First US Congresses, and served from 1847 until his death in office. Originally buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, he was later reinterred at Oakwood Cemetery in Fremont, Ohio.
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