David Dickson (politician)

David Dickson (* in Georgia; † July 31, 1836 in Hot Springs, Arkansas ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1836 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Both the date of birth as well as the exact birthplace of David Dickson are unknown. It is certain that he studied medicine in the state of Mississippi after his move and then practiced as a doctor in Pike County.

In Mississippi, Dickson has also been politically active. In 1817 he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of the state. In the militia of Mississippi he went up to 1818 to brigadier general. Between 1820 and 1821 he was a member of the State Senate; in 1821 he also served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi. In 1822 he was postmaster in Jackson and in 1823 he ran unsuccessfully against Walter Leake for the governorship of Mississippi. 1832 Dickson was a delegate at a meeting to revise the State Constitution. A year later he was appointed as Secretary of the State Senate administrative head of this body. After Dickson was managing as Secretary of State official of the state Mississippi in 1835.

Dickson was an opponent of President Andrew Jackson a member of the National Republican Party, which later became the Whig Party. In 1834 he was elected as a candidate of his party in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he Franklin E. Plummer replaced by Jackson's Democratic Party on March 4, 1835. But he could not finish his two-year term since he already died in July 1836. His congressional seat was made after a special election to Samuel Jameson Gholson.