Andrew Bray Dickinson

August 29, 1801 (age 71)

Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey , United States

The family removed to Covert, New York when Andrew was still a young boy. The young couple removed to a farm in the Town of Painted Post, in Steuben County, located in the area which was separated in 1826 as the Town of Hornby. Dickinson was elected the first Supervisor of the town. He was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention. On March 28, 1861, he was appointed as United States. Minister to Nicaragua, and took up his post on July 11. On October 21, 1862, he received a recess appointment as United States. Marshal for the Northern District of New York, and on January 15, 1863, Thomas H. Clay presented his credentials as United States. Minister to Nicaragua. Dickinson"s appointment as United States. Marshal was confirmed by the United States. Senate on March 18, 1863, but Edward Dodd was appointed to succeed as United States. Marshal on April 18, 1863, and Dickinson was on the same day re-appointed as United States. Minister to Nicaragua. He took up his post again on May 31, 1863, and remained there until July 29, 1869. In 1867, he negotiated a Treaty with Nicaragua (on-line copy. 13 pages), at a time when the Nicaragua Canal was still being seriously considered to be built. He acquired a sugar cane plantation in Nicaragua and remained in the country after the end of his diplomatic mission. He died on April 21, 1873, in León, Nicaragua, from complications after a fall from a mule, and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York).

Andrew Bray Dickinson

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Dickinson was born on August 29, 1801, in Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, the son of Gamalial Dickerson (1776–1851) and Elizabeth (Jennings) Dickerson (1800–1858).

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The family removed to Covert, New York when Andrew was still a young boy. The young couple removed to a farm in the Town of Painted Post, in Steuben County, located in the area which was separated in 1826 as the Town of Hornby. Dickinson was elected the first Supervisor of the town.

He was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention.

On March 28, 1861, he was appointed as United States. Minister to Nicaragua, and took up his post on July 11. On October 21, 1862, he received a recess appointment as United States. Marshal for the Northern District of New York, and on January 15, 1863, Thomas H. Clay presented his credentials as United States. Minister to Nicaragua.

Dickinson"s appointment as United States. Marshal was confirmed by the United States. Senate on March 18, 1863, but Edward Dodd was appointed to succeed as United States. Marshal on April 18, 1863, and Dickinson was on the same day re-appointed as United States. Minister to Nicaragua. He took up his post again on May 31, 1863, and remained there until July 29, 1869.

In 1867, he negotiated a Treaty with Nicaragua (on-line copy.

13 pages), at a time when the Nicaragua Canal was still being seriously considered to be built. He acquired a sugar cane plantation in Nicaragua and remained in the country after the end of his diplomatic mission. He died on April 21, 1873, in León, Nicaragua, from complications after a fall from a mule, and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York).

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Republican Party, Democratic Party.

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He was a Jacksonian member of the New York State Assembly (Steuben Company) in 1830. He was a Whig member of the New York State Senate (6th Doctorate) from 1840 to 1843, sitting in the 63rd, 64th, 65th and 66th New York State Legislatures. He was again a member of the State Senate (26th Doctorate) in 1854 and 1855.

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