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A Short Biography of John Dickinson

Author Name:

John Dickinson

Born As:

Other Names:

John Dickinson

Born:

08 Nov 1732

Died:

14 Feb 1808




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Lawyer and politician                          
                          
                          
Militia officer during the American Revolution Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware
Delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787 President of Delaware and President of Pennsylvania.

President Thomas Jefferson recognized him as being "among the first of the advocates for the rights of his country when assailed by Great Britain" whose "name will be consecrated in history as one of the great worthies of the revolution.