Samuel Dickens
Samuel Dickens (* near Roxboro , Person County , North Carolina ; † 1840 in Madison County , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between December 1816 and March 1817 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .
Career
After a good education, Samuel Dickens began a political career in the early 19th century as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . Between 1813 and 1815 and again in 1818 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina . After the death of Congressman Richard Stanford , Dickens was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the eighth seat of North Carolina , where he took up his new mandate on December 2, 1816. Until March 3, 1817, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress .
In 1820 he moved to Madison County, Tennessee, where he died in 1840. Politically it did not appear again after 1817.
Web links
- Samuel Dickens in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
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SURNAME | Dickens, Samuel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century or 19th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxboro , North Carolina |
DATE OF DEATH | 1840 |
Place of death | Madison County , Tennessee |