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| 1803 births | |
| dickinson, edward | |
| 1874 deaths | |
| members of the united states house of representatives from massachusetts | |
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Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts , where he attended public schools and Amherst Academy, graduated from Yale College in 1823, and studied law in the law school of Northampton, Massachusetts . He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Amherst in 1826. On May 6 1828 he married Emily Norcross Dickinson (1804–1882); his daughter Emily Dickinson was born December 10 1830 . Dickinson served as treasurer of Amherst College 1835-1837. He was then elected a member of the Massachusetts House Of Representatives 1838-1839, served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1842-1843, and was a member of the Governor's Council 1846-1847. He then was elected as a Whig to the United States Congress 1853-1855, declined to be a candidate for the Republican nomination of Lieutenant Governor in 1861, and was again elected a member of the Massachusetts House Of Representatives in 1873. Dickinson died in Boston on June 16 1874 and is buried in West Cemetery, Amherst. REFERENCES
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