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Elias Evander Dickson

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Elias Evander Dickson (c. 1832 - 1909) was a state senator in South Carolina serving during the Reconstruction era. He served as chairman of the committee on agriculture.[1] He was white.[2]

He was the son of John LeGrande Dickson and Mary Ann née Huggins Dickson.[3]

He was a delegate to South Carolina's 1868 constitutional convention.[3] In 1870 he was elected to the South Carolina Senate from Clarendon County.[4]

He cosigned a request to governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain for U.S. troops to be stationed in Manning.[5]

He was described as an honorable Christian gentleman after his death.[6]

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  1. ^ "Journal". The Senate. June 14, 1870 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Representatives, USA House of (June 14, 1872). "House Documents". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "The Political Graveyard: Clarendon County, S.C." politicalgraveyard.com.
  4. ^ Assembly, South Carolina General (June 14, 1871). "Report of State Officers, Board and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina" – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. June 14, 1877 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Obituary for Elias E. Dickson (Aged 76)". January 20, 1909. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.


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