- John Dickey
John Dickey (
June 23 ,1794 –March 14 ,1853 ) was a Whig member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .John Dickey (father of
Oliver James Dickey ) was born inGreensburg, Pennsylvania . He was appointed postmaster of OldBrighton, Pennsylvania , on April 11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821. He served assheriff from 1824 to 1827. He was a member of thePennsylvania State Senate in 1835 and 1837.Dickey was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was again elected to the Thirtieth Congress. He was appointed
United States Marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania on January 22, 1852. He died inBeaver, Pennsylvania , in 1853. Interment in the Old Cemetery.ources
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