Milo Melankthon Dimmick

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Milo M. Dimmick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byRichard Brodhead
Succeeded byNer Middleswarth
Personal details
Born(1811-10-30)October 30, 1811
Milford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 22, 1872(1872-11-22) (aged 61)
Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Milo Melankthon Dimmick (October 30, 1811 – November 22, 1872) was a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.

Biography

Milo Melankthon Dimmick (brother of

William Harrison Dimmick) was born in Milford, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
.

Dimmick was elected as a Democrat to the

1852. He resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for president judge of the twenty-second judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1853. He moved to Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania in present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
, in 1853 where he continued the practice of law and also engaged in the banking business. He died there in 1872, and was buried in Mauch Chunk Cemetery.

Sources

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

1849–1853
Succeeded by