{{Short description|American politician (1797–1849)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Rodolphus Dickinson |image=Rodolphus Dickinson.jpg |state=Ohio |district={{ushr|Ohio|6|6th}} |term_start=March 4, 1847 |term_end=March 20, 1849 |preceded=Henry St. John |succeeded=Amos E. Wood |party=Democratic |birth_date={{birth date|1797|12|28}} |death_date={{death date and age|1849|3|20|1797|12|28}} |birth_place=Hatfield, Massachusetts |death_place=Washington, D.C. |resting_place=Oakwood Cemetery (Fremont, Ohio) |alma_mater=Williams College |spouse= Marguerite Beaugrand }} '''Rodolphus Dickinson''' (December 28, 1797 – March 20, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1847 to 1849.
He was the father of Edward F. Dickinson.
== Biography == Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, Dickinson attended the public schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1818 to 1821. He studied law with Gustavus Swan of Columbus, Ohio.<ref name=sanduskycounty>{{cite book |title=Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio and Representative Citizens |editor1-first=Basil |editor1-last=Meek | year=1909 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rtkyAQAAMAAJ/page/n173 182] | location=Chicago |publisher=Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co. |url =https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rtkyAQAAMAAJ }}</ref>
=== Lawyer === He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin, Ohio. He was appointed prosecuting attorney for Seneca County in 1824, for Williams County in 1826, and for Sandusky County in 1827.
He moved to Lower Sandusky, Ohio, in 1826. He served as a member of the Board of Public Works of Ohio 1836–1845.
=== Congress === Dickinson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 1849.
He was temporarily interred in Washington, D.C., then permanently reinterred in Oakwood Cemetery (Fremont, Ohio). <!-- write an article for this fellow if he is notable A different "Rodolphus Dickinson" (1787–1863) translated "A New and Corrected Version of the New Testament; or, a minute revision, and professed translation of the original histories, memoirs, letters, prophecies, and other productions of the Evangelists and Apostles: to which are subjoined a few, generally brief, critical, explanatory and practical notes," which was published in 1833 by Lilly, Wait, Colman and Holden of Boston ([https://openlibrary.org/b/OL6276345M/new-and-corrected-version-of-the-New-Testament description]). --> His wife was Marguerite Beaugrand from Lower Sandusky.<ref name=sanduskycounty/> left|thumb|200px|Marguerite Beaugrand married Rodolphus Dickinson
==See also== *List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)
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