Davis Dimock Jr. Explained

Davis Dimock Jr.
State:Pennsylvania
District:17th
Term Start:March 4, 1841
Term End:January 13, 1842
Preceded:Samuel Wells Morris
Succeeded:Almon Heath Read
Birth Date:17 September 1801
Birth Place:Exeter, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Montrose, Pennsylvania
Party:Democratic

Davis Dimock Jr. (September 17, 1801 – January 13, 1842) served briefly as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1842.

Biography

Davis Dimock Jr. was born in Exeter, Pennsylvania (near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania). He attended the schools of the pioneer settlement of Montrose, Pennsylvania, and the Susquehanna County Academy at Montrose. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Montrose, and was also engaged in editorial work.

Political career

He was appointed Susquehanna County treasurer in 1834.

Dimock was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served until his death in Montrose in 1842.

Interment is in Montrose Cemetery. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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