Gov. Philemon Dickerson

• BIRTH 26 Jun 1788 Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
• DEATH 10 Dec 1862 (aged 74) Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
• BURIAL Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA, PLOT Section 10, Lot 23, MEMORIAL ID 4826, Photos by RPD2

Philemon Dickerson (January 11, 1788 – December 10, 1862) was a United States congressman representing New Jersey, and was later a United States federal judge. He was the brother of Governor, then United States Senator, Mahlon Dickerson of New Jersey. Philemon Dickerson was the father of famous patent attorney Edward Nicholl Dickerson who had defended Samuel Colt and Charles Goodyear in their patent-infringement suits.

Born in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey, Dickerson received an A.B. from University of Pennsylvania in 1808 and read law to be admitted to the bar in 1813. He practiced law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until 1816, and then in Paterson, New Jersey until 1821. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly (1821–1822). In 1832, Dickerson was elected to the House of Representatives on the Democratic-Republican Party ticket. He served in Congress until he resigned during his second term to accept an appointment from the legislature to be Governor of New Jersey.

Dickerson won an election to Congress again in 1838, this time as a Democrat. Having lost his reelection bid in 1840, on February 22, 1841, Dickerson was nominated by President Martin Van Buren to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey which had been vacated by his brother Mahlon Dickerson. Mahlon had been appointed as a placeholder, so that his brother could finish his term in the closely divided Congress before taking the bench. Dickerson was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 27, 1841, and received his commission on March 2, 1841. He served in that office until his death, in 1862, in Paterson. Dickerson is buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson. [1]

Parents Jonathan Dickerson 1747–1805
Mary Coe Dickerson 1752–1827

Spouse
Sydney Maria Stotesbury Dickerson 1788–1853

Siblings
Mary Dickerson Canfield unknown–1830
Silas Dickerson 1771–1807
John B. Dickerson 1786–1822

Half Siblings
Mahlon Dickerson 1770–1853
Jonathan Elmer Dickerson 1781–1789

Children
John H. Dickerson 1818–1855
Mary Dickerson Gould 1820–1900
Edward Nicoll Dickerson 1824–1889
Philemon Dickerson 1829–1862

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philemon_Dickerson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4826/philemon-dickerson New Jersey Governor, U.S. Congressman. Born in Succasunna, New Jersey, his brother was New Jersey Governor Mahlon Dickerson. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1808, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced to practice law in Paterson, New Jersey. He was New Jersey counselor in 1817 and a member of the New Jersey State General Assembly, (1821-22). In 1833, he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving until 1836, when he resigned to accept an appointment from the legislature to be the 18th New Jersey Governor. He served as Governor, (1836-37) and was again elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress, serving (1839-41). After his term he was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and served until his death at age 74 in Paterson, New Jersey. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith (largely repeated above in Wikipedia)