Samuel Dickens
Samuel Dickens | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 8th district | |
| In office December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Stanford |
| Succeeded by | James Strudwick Smith |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1818 | |
| In office 1813–1815 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1775 near Roxboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 1840 (aged 64–65) |
| Party | Democratic-Republican |
Samuel Dickens (ca. 1775 – July 22, 1840) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina around 1775.[1] He was a member of the North Carolina state house of commons from 1813 to 1815, and in 1818. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Richard Stanford (December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817). He moved to Madison County, Tennessee in 1820 and died there in 1840.