DICK, Samuel Bernard

Dick, Samuel Bernard, representative, was born in Meadville, Pa., Oct. 26, 1836. He was educated at Allegheny college, and in 1861 was elected captain in the 9th Pennsylvania reserve regiment. He was severely wounded at Deanesville, Va., Dec. 20, 1861, and on recovering became acting colonel of the regiment and commander of a brigade in West Virginia until his resignation, Feb. 17, 1863. He was a Republican Presidential elector in 1864; mayor of Meadville, 1870; and representative in the 46th congress, 1879-81. He then engaged in railroad enterprises and in 1899 was chairman of the board of directors of the Pittsburg, Bessimer & Lake Erie railroad.

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DICK, Samuel Bernard, (son of John Dick), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., October 26, 1836; attended the public schools and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; engaged in banking; during the Civil War was in command of Company F, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps; severely wounded in Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861; subsequently served as colonel of the regiment until February 1863, when he resigned; commanded the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and proceeded to Newcreek, W.Va., in July 1863; mayor of Meadville in 1870; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; president of the Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co. until April 1900; president of Phoenix Iron Works Co.; died in Meadville, Pa., May 10, 1907; interment in Greendale Cemetery.

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