Jonathan Garland Dickerson (November 5, 1811 – September 1, 1878), of Belfast, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from October 24, 1862, to September 1, 1878.[1][2]
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dickerson received a B.A. from Waterville College (now Colby College) in 1836,[3] and a M.A. from the same institution in 1839,[4] and taught in Bath, Maine, while reading law to gain admission to the bar, also in 1839. A resident of West Prospect now Searsport, Dickerson served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1842, and later as Waldo County Attorney.[3] On October 24, 1862, Governor Israel Washburn Jr. appointed Dickerson to a seat as an associate justice of the state supreme court, where he served thereafter until his death.[5][3]
References edit
- ^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Jonathan Garland Dickerson: Associate Justice 1862-1878". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Waterville College", Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (August 22, 1839), p. 2.
- ^ Maine Genealogy Archives, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920.
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