John Dickinson (politician)

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John Dickinson (painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1780 )

John Dickinson (born November 2, 1732 in Talbot County , Province of Maryland , † February 14, 1808 in Wilmington , Delaware ) was a politician and Founding Father of the United States .

Dickinson came from a family of tobacco growers , was a landowner, a lawyer himself - and a slave owner . As a moderate opponent of British policy towards the 13 colonies , he was a delegate of the stamp duty congress , which was held from October 7th to 25th, 1765 in New York . In the years 1774 and 1775 Dickinson belonged to the First and Second Continental Congress and wrote first the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms ( giving the reasons and need to take up arms ) and later the Olive Branch Petition .

In 1767/68 he published 'Letters of a Pennsylvanian Farmer' - a book describing the life of farmers at the time.

From November 13, 1781 to November 7, 1782 Dickinson held the office of President of Delaware, which corresponded to the position of governor . He then held the same post until October 18, 1785 in Pennsylvania . In 1793 he was still a member of the Democratic Republican Party in the Delaware Senate , of which he had belonged for a short time in 1781.

He was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society . According to him that was Dickinson College named.

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Web links

Wikiquote: John Dickinson  - Quotes
Wikisource: John Dickinson  - Sources and full texts (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member History: John Dickinson. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 15, 2018 (incorrect year of birth).
personal data
SURNAME Dickinson, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Talbot County , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1808
Place of death Wilmington , Delaware