Gilbert Dean (August 14, 1819 Pleasant Valley,

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– October 12, 1870

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, Dutchess Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from

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, serving two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1851 to 1854.

Life

He was educated at Amenia Seminary, and graduated from

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in 1841. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie in 1844. Dean was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd and

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es, and served from March 4, 1851, to July 3, 1854, when he resigned. He was appointed a justice of the

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(2nd District) on June 26, 1854, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Seward Barculo, and remained on the bench until the end of 1855, being ex officio a judge of the

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in 1855. Afterwards he removed to

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, and resumed the practice of law. He was a member of the

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(New York Co., 15th D.) in 1863, and was the Democratic candidate for Speaker in the tied assembly. Dean and the Republican candidate

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retired after the 78th ballot, and Theophilus C. Callicot was elected Speaker on the 92nd ballot.

Death

He died on October 12, 1870 and was buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Pleasant Valley. Later he was re-interred at the Portland Evergreen Cemetery in

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References

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 350; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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