David C. Dickson | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Mississippi's at-large district | |
In office March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836 | |
Preceded by | Harry Cage |
Succeeded by | Samuel J. Gholson |
3rd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | |
In office January 7,1822 –January 7,1824 | |
Governor | Walter Leake |
3rd Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
In office January 1833 –January 1835 | |
Governor | Abram M. Scott Charles Lynch |
Preceded by | John A. Grimball |
Succeeded by | Barry W. Benson |
Personal details | |
Born | Georgia | March 22,1792
Died | July 31,1836 44) Hot Springs,Arkansas | (aged
Political party | Anti-Jacksonian |
David C. Dickson Jr. (March 22,1792 - July 31,1836) was a state legislator,Mississippi Secretary of State,Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
David C. Dickson Jr. was born on March 22,1792,in Georgia. [1] He was the son of David Dickson Sr. and his second wife,Martha (Cureton) Dickson. [1] [2] Dickson moved to Mississippi. He studied medicine and worked as a physician in Pike County.
In 1817,he served as a delegate to the Georgia Constitutional Convention in 1817. He was a Brigadier general of the state militia in 1818. He served in the Mississippi Senate in 1820 and 1821. He was the third Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from January 7,1822,to January 7,1824,serving under Governor Walter Leake. [3] He was Postmaster of Jackson,Mississippi in 1822. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Mississippi in the 1823 election. He served as delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1832 and was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the convention. He was Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate in 1833 and Mississippi Secretary of State from January 1833 to January 1835. [3]
Dickson was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4,1835 –July 31,1836). He died on July 31,1836,in Hot Springs,Arkansas. [4]
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