Oliver James Dickey

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Oliver James Dickey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 9th district
In office
December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1873
Preceded byThaddeus Stevens
Succeeded byA. Herr Smith
Personal details
Born(1823-04-06)April 6, 1823
Brighton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 21, 1876(1876-04-21) (aged 53)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
Alma materDickinson College
ProfessionPolitician

Oliver James Dickey (April 6, 1823 – April 21, 1876) was a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.

Biography

Oliver J. Dickey (son of

Brighton, Pennsylvania. He attended Beaver Academy and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1844 and practiced. He served as district attorney of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from 1856 to 1859. During the American Civil War
, Dickey served as lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Dickey was elected as a Republican to the

1872. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1873. He resumed the practice of law in Lancaster and died in 1876. He was interred in Woodward Hill Cemetery
.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

1868-1873
Succeeded by
Abraham Herr Smith