Background
He was the son of Joshua Dickinson.
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was the son of Joshua Dickinson.
He attended the common schools and Franklin Academy.
Then he became a merchant. He manufactured potato starch, and owned sawmills and gristmills. Afterwards he was the agent of the Northern Pacific Railway in charge of marketing the company"s lands and building towns in the Dakota Territory.
Dickinson, North Dakota, was named after him.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Bangor in from 1857 to 1859. A member of the New York State Assembly (Franklin Company) in 1860. A delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention.
And a member of the New York State Senate (17th Doctorate) from 1872 to 1875, sitting in the 95th, 96th, 97th and 98th New York State Legislatures.
