Joseph Dickson
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| Joseph Dickson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st district |
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| In office March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph McDowell, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | James Holland |
| Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
| In office 1809–1811 |
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| Preceded by | John Tipton |
| Succeeded by | John Cocke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1745 Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | April 1825 Rutherford County, Tennessee |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret McEwen |
| Children | Robert Dickson |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Colonial and state militias |
| Years of service | 1780s |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | American Revolution • Kings Mountain (1780) |
Joseph Dickson (April 1745 – April 1825) was an American politician and soldier who represented North Carolina's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 1801, and would later serve in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, though eventually moved with his parents to Rowan County, North Carolina. He was engaged in cotton and tobacco planting. He was commissioned captain in the Continental Army under Colonel Joseph McDowell in 1780, and at the Battle of Kings Mountain as major of the “Lincoln County Men”. He would eventually rise to the rank of brigadier general in the North Carolina militia. Dickson was elected clerk of the Lincoln County Court in 1781, and was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1788 to 1795. During this time, he was appointed to the commission to establish the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress in 1798, representing North Carolina's 1st district.
Dickson moved to Tennessee in 1803 and settled in that portion of Davidson County which subsequently became Rutherford County. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1807 to 1811, serving as speaker the last two years. He died in Rutherford County, and is interred on his plantation northeast of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district 1799–1801 |
Succeeded by James Holland |
- 1745 births
- 1825 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
- North Carolina State Senators
- North Carolina Federalists
- Speakers of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Tennessee Federalists
- People from Chester County, Pennsylvania
- People from Rutherford County, Tennessee
- Continental Army officers from North Carolina
- North Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution
- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives
