Preceded by Samuel Wells Morris Role U.S. representative Succeeded by Almon Heath Read Party Democratic Party | Political party Democratic Resigned January 13, 1842 Name Davis Jr. | |
Born September 17, 1801
Exeter, Pennsylvania ( 1801-09-17 ) Died January 13, 1842, Montrose, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Davis Dimock, Jr. (September 17, 1801 – January 13, 1842) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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. 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 in Montrose Cemetery. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
References
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