David W. Dickinson

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = David W. Dickinson

|image =

|order =

|state1 = Tennessee

|district1 = 8th

|term_start1 = March 4, 1833

|term_end1 = March 4, 1835

|predecessor1 = Cave Johnson

|successor1 = Abram P. Maury

|party = Jacksonian,

Whig

|state2 = Tennessee

|district2 = 7th

|term_start2 = March 4, 1843

|term_end2 = March 4, 1845

|predecessor2 = Robert L. Caruthers

|successor2 = Meredith P. Gentry

|birth_date = June 10, 1808

|birth_place = Franklin, Tennessee

|death_date = April 27, 1845 (aged 36)

|death_place = Murfreesboro, Tennessee

|spouse = {{ubl

| Eliza A. Grantland Dickinson

| Sallie Brickell Murfree Dickinson

}}

|children =

|alma_mater = University of North Carolina

|profession = {{ubl

| lawyer

| politician

}}

|religion =

}}

David W. Dickinson (June 10, 1808 – April 27, 1845) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives.

Biography

Dickinson, the son of David Dickinson and Fanny Noailles Murfree, was born June 10, 1808, in Franklin, Tennessee. After completing preparatory studies, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law.{{cite web|title=David W. Dickinson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000318|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=28 February 2013}} Dickinson married Eliza A. Grantland, in Milledgeville, Georgia, on December 8, 1835.{{cite web|title=David W. Dickinson|url=http://www.tngenweb.org/records/williamson/obits/wwr/wwr1-09.htm|publisher=Death Notices and Other Gleanings From The Western Weekly Review Franklin, Tennessee 1831-1840|accessdate=28 February 2013}} Eliza died in 1838. His second marriage was to Sallie Brickell Murfree, who was born in September 1821.{{cite web |title=David W. Dickinson |url=http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Neighbors/Murfree.htm |publisher=sallysfamilyplace.com |accessdate=28 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918225956/http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Neighbors/Murfree.htm |archivedate=18 September 2012 }}

Career

Dickinson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1833, to March 4, 1835, and as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1843, to March 4, 1845.{{cite web|title=David W. Dickinson|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/david_dickinson/403438|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=28 February 2013}}

Death

Unable to attend the last session of Congress due to his failing health, he died at "Grantland," his father's home, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on April 27, 1845 (age 36 years, 321 days). He is interred at the family burying ground at the estate. He was the nephew & son-in-law of U.S. Representative William Hardy Murfree.{{cite web|title=David W. Dickinson|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=28 February 2013}}