John D. Dickinson
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John Dean Dickinson (June 28, 1767 - January 28, 1841) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Dickinson completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1785. He moved to Lansingburg, New York, in 1790. He was admitted to the bar in April 1791 and commenced the practice of law in Lansingburg. He then moved to Troy, New York. He served as president of the Farmers' Bank of Troy, New York, from its foundation in 1801 until his death. He was a director and founder of the Rensselaer & Saratoga Insurance Co. in 1814. He served as member of the State assembly from November 1816 to April 1817 and as the first president of the Troy Lyceum of Natural History in 1818.
Dickinson was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1823). He was one of the original trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1824. He served as member of the committee which received Lafayette on his visits to Troy in 1824 and 1825.
Dickinson was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831). He resumed the practice of law in Troy, New York, and died there January 28, 1841. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
