Edward Dickinson (politician)

Edward Dickinson (born January 1, 1803 in Amherst , Massachusetts , †  June 16, 1874 in Boston , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Dickinson attended public schools in his home country as well as the Amherst Academy . In 1823 he graduated from Yale College . After a subsequent law degree at the Law School of Northampton and his admission to the bar in 1826, he began to work in this profession in Amherst. Between 1835 and 1873 he was treasurer of Amherst College in addition to his other activities . Politically, Dickinson joined the Whig Party . In 1838 and 1839 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ; from 1842 to 1843 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1846 and 1847 he was a member of the governor's advisory board .

In the congressional election of 1852 Dickinson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Zeno Scudder on March 4, 1853 . Until March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a legislative term in Congress . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . After the dissolution of the Whigs, Dickinson joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . In 1861, he turned down their nomination offer for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. In 1873, Edward Dickinson was re-elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He died in Boston on June 16, 1874 and was buried in Amherst. His daughter was the writer Emily Dickinson .

Web links

• Edward Dickinson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Dickinson in the database of Find a Grave (English)