- Rodolphus Dickinson
Rodolphus Dickinson (
December 28 ,1797 -March 20 ,1849 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio .Born in
Hatfield, Massachusetts , Dickinson attended the public schools and Williams College,Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1818 to 1821.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inTiffin, Ohio .He was appointed prosecuting attorney for Seneca County in 1824, for Williams County in 1826, and for Sandusky County in 1827.He moved toLower Sandusky, Ohio , in 1826.He served as a member of the Board of Public Works of Ohio 1836-1845.Dickinson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from
March 4 ,1847 , until his death inWashington, D.C. , onMarch 20 ,1849 .He was interred inWashington, D.C. .He was reinterred in Oakwood Cemetery,Fremont, Ohio .ource
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