Charles Heber Dickerman (February 3, 1843 – December 17, 1915) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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Early life and education

Charles H. Dickerman was born in

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. He attended the public schools of his native village and graduated from Harford University in Harford in 1860.

Career

He taught school for several years. He studied law, but before qualifying for admission to the bar became bookkeeper for a large

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company in

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. He was interested in the coal commission business and

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quarrying in 1868 at

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. He served as secretary and treasurer of a concern engaged in the manufacture of railroad equipment at

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, from 1880 to 1899. He was interested in banking at

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, Sunbury, and Bethlehem, and in 1897 became president of the First National Bank at Milton, in which capacity he served until his death. Dickerman was chairman of the Northumberland County Democratic committee for three years. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1891, and to the

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. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He was appointed by President

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as a delegate to the Brussels Peace Congress in 1905.

Death

Dickerman died in

, on December 17, 1915, and was interred in Milton Cemetery.

References

External links

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