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David C. Dickson (Mississippi politician)
Member of the United States House of Representatives
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 (1792-03-22)March 22, 1792
Georgia
Died July 31, 1836(1836-07-31) (aged 44)
Hot Springs, Arkansas
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.

Early life and career[]

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.

Political career[]

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 1823. 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]

See also[]

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References[]

  • David Dickson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

PD-icon This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

Political offices
Preceded by
James Patton
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
1822–1824
Succeeded by
Gerard Brandon
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Harry Cage
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's at-large congressional district

March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836
Succeeded by
Samuel J. Gholson
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