- John Littleton Dawson
John Littleton Dawson (
February 7 1813 —September 18 1870 ) was a Democratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Dawson was born in
Uniontown, Pennsylvania and grew up inBrownsville, Pennsylvania . He graduated from Washington College with a degree in law, was grantedadmission to the bar in 1835, and ran a small law practice. He served as deputy attorney general forFayette County, Pennsylvania in 1838, and as district attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania from 1845 until 1848.In 1848 he unsuccessfully ran for congress as a Democrat, but on subsequent attempts he was elected and served in the 32nd and 33rd congresses, from
March 4 ,1851 untilMarch 3 ,1855 , when he stepped down, declining the nomination for the next term. While serving as a congressman he was the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture.During his time away from congress, President
Franklin Pierce offered him the governorship ofKansas Territory , but he declined so that he could run for congress again, which he was elected to again in 1863, and served on the 38th and 39th congresses from March 4, 1863 until March 3, 1867.He was a delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1844, 1848, 1860, 1868.He retired to his home in
Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania where he died at age 57. He was interred at Christ Episcopal Churchyard in Brownsville.ources
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* [http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/dawson-john-littleton.html: Infoplease: John Littleton Dawson biography]
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