Edward Dickinson

Edward Dickinson ( born January 1, 1803 in Amherst, Massachusetts, † June 16, 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Dickinson attended the common schools and the Amherst Academy. In 1823 he graduated from Yale College. After a subsequent law degree from the Law School of Northampton and his 1826 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Amherst in this profession. Between 1835 and 1873 he was among his other activities also treasurer of Amherst College. Politically, Dickinson joined the Whig party to. In 1838 and 1839 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; 1842 to 1843 he was a member of the State Senate. In the years 1846 and 1847 he was a member of the senior staff of the Governor.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Dickinson was in the tenth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Zeno Scudder on March 4, 1853. Until March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a term in Congress. These were shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War. After the dissolution of the Whigs Dickinson joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In 1861 he declined the nomination bid for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. 1873 Edward Dickinson was elected again to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He died on 16 June 1874 in Boston and was buried in Amherst. His daughter was the writer Emily Dickinson.