William Dickson (politician)

William Dickson (born May 5, 1770 in Duplin County , North Carolina Province, † February 1816 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1801 and 1807 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Life

William Dickson attended Grove Academy in Kenansville . In 1795 he and his parents moved to the Southwest Territory , which became the state of Tennessee a year later. He studied medicine and practiced as a doctor in Nashville for many years. Politically, Dickson joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . Between 1799 and 1801 he was an MP and Speaker in the House of Representatives from Tennessee . At that time he also became friends with the future US President Andrew Jackson .

In the state-wide congressional elections of 1800 , Dickson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the first seat in Tennessee , where he succeeded William CC Claiborne on March 4, 1801 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1807 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson fell, which considerably expanded the territory of the United States in the west and south-west. In 1804 the 12th Amendment to the Constitution was passed.

Between 1806 and his death in 1816, William Dickson was a curator at the University of Nashville . He died in Nashville in February 1816.

Web links

• William Dickson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)