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 | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 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 | March 22, 1792 Georgia |
| Died | July 31, 1836 (aged 44) Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| Political party | Anti-Jacksonian |
Early life and career
editDavid 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
editIn 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Georgia Bible Records. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1985. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-8063-1125-8.
- ^ Early, Ruth Hairston (1920). The Family of Early: Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Its Connection with Other Families. Brown-Morrison. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-608-32168-4.
- ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 28.
- ^ HOUGH, FRANK B. (1875). AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. p. 113.
- United States Congress. "David Dickson (id: D000328)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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