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John Littleton Dawson

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Born: February 7, 1813

Birthplace: Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Father: George W. Dawson 1783 – 1871
(Buried: Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Mary Kennedy 1786 – 1845
(Buried: Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Mary Clark 1817 – 1889
(Buried: Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Pennsylvania)​

Children:

Sarah Kennedy Dawson Speer 1837 – 1911​
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1833: Graduated from Washington College​

Occupation before War:

1835 – 1845: Attorney in Brownsville, Pennsylvania​
1838: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Attorney General​
1844: Pennsylvania Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1845 – 1848: United States District Attorney, Western Pennsylvania​
1848: Pennsylvania Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1848: Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congressman​
1851 – 1855: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania​
1851 – 1853: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee​
1853 – 1855: House Chairman of Agriculture Committee​
Declined to be Governor of Kansas Territory​
1854: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1855 – 1863: Attorney in Brownsville, Pennsylvania​
1860: Pennsylvania Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

Civil War Career:

1863 – 1867: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania​
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member of House Public Expenditures​
1863 – 1865: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee​
1865 – 1867: Ranking Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee​
1865 – 1867: Ranking Member of House Rules Committee​
1865: Voted against the 13th​ Amendment to U.S. Constitution.​

Occupation after War:

1866: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
During his entire congressional career only missed 404 roll call votes.​
1867 – 1870: Lived at his home retired in Fayette County, Pennsylvania​
1868: Pennsylvania Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

Died: September 18, 1870

Place of Death: Friendship Hill Estate, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 57 years old

Burial Place: Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Pennsylvania
 
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