Samuel Dick
Samuel Dick (November 14, 1740 – November 16, 1812) was an American physician who was a delegate for New Jersey to the Confederation Congress in 1784 and 1785.
Samuel was born at Nottingham in Prince George's County, Maryland.[1] He studied medicine in Scotland before he opened a practice in Salem in 1740. He married Sarah Sinnickson on October 10, 1773, and they had ten children (Rebecca, Mary, John, Samuel Jr., Andrew, Isabella, Anna, Samuel Stewart, William and Maria). Sarah was the daughter of Andrew Sinnickson, and her brother Thomas represented New Jersey in the first U.S. Congress.
Dick served in the New Jersey militia before and during the Revolutionary War. When the 2nd New Jersey Regiment joined the Continental Army and was assigned to cover the withdrawal after the failed invasion of Canada, he accompanied them north as a surgeon in 1776. In June, with the Canada assignment over he returned to New Jersey. Later that year he was appointed a colonel, commanding the western battalion of the Salem County militia.
Dick was first elected to represent Salem in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1777.[2] He was also appointed collector of customs for the state's western district in 1778. The state legislature elected him as a delegate to the Confederation Congress in 1783. In 1787, he was a delegate to the New Jersey convention that ratified the United States Constitution. He served for several years as a surrogate in the county courts for Salem County. He was a candidate in the 1792 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey, in which the top 4 won; he finished 10th.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Shourds, Thomas (1876). History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806307145.
- ^ Company, Lewis Publishing (1900). Biographical, Genealogical and Descriptive History of the First Congressional District of New Jersey. Lewis.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Samuel Dick (id: D000304)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Samuel Dick biography from The Political Graveyard
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- 1740 births
- 1812 deaths
- Continental Congressmen from New Jersey
- Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey militiamen in the American Revolution
- Physicians in the American Revolution
- Burials at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Salem, New Jersey
- People from Nottingham, Maryland
- People from colonial New Jersey
- People of New Jersey in the American Revolution
- 18th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature
- Candidates in the 1792 United States elections