Jesse C. Dickey

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jesse C. Dickey

| image = Jesse C. Dickey (cropped).jpg

| caption = Dickey, {{circa|1880}}

| state1 = Pennsylvania

| district1 = 7th

| term_start1 = March 4, 1849

| term_end1 = March 3, 1851

| preceded1 = Abraham Robinson McIlvaine

| succeeded1 = John Alexander Morrison

| state_house2 = Pennsylvania

| district2 = Chester County

| term_start2 = 1842

| term_end2 = 1845

| predecessor2 = William K. Correy, Robert Futhey, Emmor Elton, Robert Laverty

| successor2 = William Price, William D. Thomas, George Ladley

| alongside2 = Emmor Elton, Robert Parke, John Beidler, Joseph Whitaker, William Price

| birth_name = Jesse Column Dickey

| birth_date = {{birth date|1808|02|27}}

| birth_place = New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1890|02|19|1808|02|27}}

| death_place = New London, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| resting_place = New London Presbyterian Church Cemetery

| party = Whig

| spouse = {{marriage|Margaret J. Dickey|1834}}

| children = 9

| signature = Signature of Jesse C. Dickey (cropped).jpg

}}

Jesse Column Dickey (February 27, 1808 – February 19, 1890) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Early life

Jesse Column Dickey was born on February 27, 1808, in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1812. He graduated from New London Academy.{{Cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000313 |title=Dickey, Jesse Column |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2023-12-04}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historichomesins00cope/page/354/mode/2up |title=Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania |editor-last1=Cope |editor-first1=Gilbert |editor-last2=Ashmead |editor-first2=Henry Graham |volume=1 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |year=1904 |page=354 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-04}}{{Open access}}

Career

Dickey began teaching school at Hopewell Academy in 1828. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Dickey was elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County. He served from 1843 to 1845.{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8706 |title=Jesse C. Dickey |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-12-04}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=440 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-04}}{{Open access}} He elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-second Congress. During the American Civil War, he served under Cassius M. Clay during the Defense of Washington. He then was quartermaster and later paymaster in the United States Army. He served until June 1866. He traveled extensively in his role as paymaster and worked in St. Louis and New Orleans.

Personal life

On December 11, 1834, he married Margaret J. Dickey, the daughter of Col. David Dickey of Hopewell Cotton Mill, near Oxford. They had nine children. His daughter Letitia married Aaron B. Storey.

Dickey died in New London in 1891, and was interred in New London Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

References

[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickey-dickie.html The Political Graveyard]
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches (1881) and Families and Persons. By J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.