About John Dickey
Lived 1794 – 1853 (aged 58). John Dickey was an American politician.
John Dickey (June 23, 1794 – March 14, 1853) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography John Dickey (father of Oliver James Dickey) was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was appointed postmaster of Old Brighton, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821. He served as sheriff from 1824 to 1827. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1835 and 1837.
Dickey was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was again elected to the Thirtieth Congress. He was appointed United States Marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania on January 22, 1852. He died in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1853. Interment in the Old Cemetery.
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American politician
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John Dickey was born on 23 June 1794 in Greensburg.
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John Dickey died on 14 March 1853 in Beaver.
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John Dickey was a politician.
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John Dickey was American.
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