John Bennett Dawson

Infobox_Congressman
name= John Bennett Dawson


state= Louisiana
district= 2nd
term= 1841 - 1843
preceded= Thomas Withers Chinn
succeeded= Alcée Louis la Branche
date of birth= birth date|1798|3|17|mf=y
place of birth= Nashville, Tennessee
date of death= death date and age|1845|6|26|1798|3|17|mf=y
place of death= St. Francisville, Louisiana
spouse=
profession=
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party= Democratic|

John Bennett Dawson (1798—1845) was a United States House of Representatives member from the state of Louisiana.

Born near Nashville, Tennessee on March 17, 1798 he went to Center College in Danville, Kentucky. He moved to Louisiana and became a planter and was also interested in the newspaper business. He ran for Governor of the state, unsuccessfully, in 1834. He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat representing the Second District to the 27th and representing the 3rd District in the 28th Congress, and served from March 4, 1841 until his death on June 26, 1845. He defeated James M. Elam (Whig) in the election of 1843. He served as Major General in the State militia, Judge of the Parish Court in West Feliciana Parish, and was Postmaster at New Orleans from April 10, 1843 until December 19, 1843. His remains were interred in Grace Episcopal Churchyard in St. Francisville, Louisiana.

References

* [http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/dawson-john-bennett.html Infoplease: John Bennett Dawson biography]

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000152|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]