Davis Dimock Jr.

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Davis Dimock Jr.

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| state = Pennsylvania

| district = 17th

| term_start = March 4, 1841

| term_end = January 13, 1842

| preceded = Samuel Wells Morris

| succeeded = Almon Heath Read

| birth_date = {{birth date|1801|09|17}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1842|01|13|1801|09|17}}

| birth_place = Exeter, Pennsylvania

| death_place = Montrose, Pennsylvania

| party = Democratic

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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.

See also

References

{{CongBio|D000352}} Retrieved on 2009-5-15

  • [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html The Political Graveyard]

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| district=17

| before=Samuel Wells Morris

| after=Almon H. Read

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Category:1801 births

Category:1842 deaths

Category:People from Exeter, Pennsylvania

Category:Burials at the Congressional Cemetery

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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