David C. Dickson (Mississippi politician) explained

Party:Anti-Jacksonian
Successor:Samuel J. Gholson
Termstart2:January 1833
Office2:Secretary of State of Mississippi
Governor1:Walter Leake
Order1:3rd
Termend1:January 7, 1824
Termstart1:January 7, 1822
Predecessor:Harry Cage
Office1:Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Term:March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836
Birth Place:Georgia
Death Place:Hot Springs, Arkansas
State:Mississippi
District:at-large
Governor2:Abram M. Scott
Charles Lynch
Termend2:January 1835
Order2:3rd
Predecessor2:John A. Grimball
Successor2:Barry W. Benson
Birth Date:22 March 1792

David C. Dickson Jr. (March 22, 1792 - July 31, 1836) was a state legislator, Mississippi Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Early life and career

David C. Dickson Jr. was born on March 22, 1792, in Georgia.[1] He was the son of David Dickson Sr. and his second wife, Martha (Cureton) Dickson.[2] Dickson moved to Mississippi. He studied medicine and worked as a physician in Pike County.

Political career

In 1817, he served as a delegate to the Georgia Constitutional Convention in 1817. He was a Brigadier general of the state militia in 1818. He served in the Mississippi Senate in 1820 and 1821.He was the third Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from January 7, 1822, to January 7, 1824, serving under Governor Walter Leake.[3] He was Postmaster of Jackson, Mississippi in 1822. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Mississippi in the 1823 election. He served as delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1832 and was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the convention. He was Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate in 1833 and Mississippi Secretary of State from January 1833 to January 1835.

Dickson was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836). He died on July 31, 1836, in Hot Springs, Arkansas.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Georgia Bible Records . 1985 . Genealogical Publishing Com . 978-0-8063-1125-8 . 251 . en.
  2. Book: Early, Ruth Hairston . The Family of Early: Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Its Connection with Other Families . 1920 . Brown-Morrison . 978-0-608-32168-4 . 237 . en.
  3. Book: Rowland, Dunbar. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. 1908. Department of Archives and History. 28. en.
  4. Book: HOUGH, FRANK B.. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 1875. 113. en.