1. Philemon Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Trenton, New Jersey.
10 Facts About Philemon Dickinson
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Philemon Dickinson was a Continental Congressman from Delaware and a United States Senator from New Jersey.
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Philemon Dickinson was educated by a private tutor until he went to the University of Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1759.
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Philemon Dickinson then studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced.
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In 1767, Dickinson moved to Trenton to an estate called "The Hermitage".
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Philemon Dickinson served as an officer during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of Major General in the New Jersey Militia.
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Philemon Dickinson took several New Jersey Volunteers prisoner, including Lieutenant Jacob Van Buskirk, Lieutenant Edward Earle and Surgeon John Hammell.
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Philemon Dickinson's militia took part in the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, helping obstruct the retreat of the British to New York.
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Philemon Dickinson was a member of the commission that selected the site for the national capital in Washington, DC, in 1784.
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When William Paterson resigned from the United States Senate, Philemon Dickinson was chosen by New Jersey to finish Paterson's term.