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| name = Davis Dimock Jr.<br />
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| state = [[Pennsylvania]]<br />
| district = [[Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district|17th]]<br />
| term_start = March 4, 1841<br />
| term_end = January 13, 1842<br />
| preceded = [[Samuel Wells Morris]]<br />
| succeeded = [[Almon Heath Read]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1801|09|17}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1842|01|13|1801|09|17}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Exeter, Pennsylvania]]<br />
| death_place = [[Montrose, Pennsylvania]]<br />
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />
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'''Davis Dimock Jr.''' (September 17, 1801 – January 13, 1842) served briefly as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1841 to 1842.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Davis Dimock Jr. was born in [[Exeter, Pennsylvania]] (near [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]]). He attended the schools of the pioneer settlement of [[Montrose, Pennsylvania]], and the Susquehanna County Academy at Montrose. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Montrose, and was also engaged in editorial work.<br />
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===Political career===<br />
He was appointed [[Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna County]] treasurer in 1834.<br />
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Dimock was elected as a Democrat to the [[27th United States Congress|Twenty-seventh]] Congress and served until his death in Montrose in 1842.<br />
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Interment is in Montrose Cemetery. [[Cenotaph]] at [[Congressional Cemetery]] in Washington, D.C.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{CongBio|D000352}} Retrieved on 2009-5-15<br />
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html The Political Graveyard]<br />
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