William Harrison Dimmick (December 20, 1815 – August 2, 1861) was a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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William H. Dimmick (brother of Milo Melankthon Dimmick

Milo Melankthon Dimmick

Milo Melankthon Dimmick was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Milo Melankthon Dimmick was born in Milford, Pennsylvania...

) was born in Milford, Pennsylvania

Milford, Pennsylvania

Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat. Its population was 1,021 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1796 by Judge John Biddis, one of the state's first four circuit judges, who named the settlement after his ancestral home in Wales.Milford has a...

. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Bethany, Pennsylvania

Bethany, Pennsylvania

Bethany is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 246 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bethany is located at ....

. He moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Honesdale is a borough in and the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located northeast of Scranton. The population was 4,874 at the 2000 census....

, in 1842 and continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Wayne County, Pennsylvania

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,722 people, 18,350 households, and 12,936 families residing in the county. The population density was 65 people per square mile . There were 30,593 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...

, in 1836 and 1837. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate

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 from 1845 to 1847.

Dimmick was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth

35th United States Congress

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 and Thirty-sixth

36th United States Congress

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 Congresses. He resumed the practice of law and died in Honesdale in 1861. Interment in Glen Dyberry Cemetery.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard