Jonathan G. Dickerson

Jonathan Garland Dickerson (November 5, 1811 – September 1, 1878), of Belfast, Maine, was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from October 24, 1862, to September 1, 1878.[1][2]

Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dickerson received a B.A. from Waterville College (now Colby College) in 1836,[3] and a M.A. from the same institution in 1839,[4] and taught in Bath, Maine, while reading law to gain admission to the bar, also in 1839. A resident of West Prospect now Searsport, Dickerson served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1842, and later as Waldo County Attorney.[3] On October 24, 1862, Governor Israel Washburn Jr. appointed Dickerson to a seat as an Associate Justice of the state supreme court, where he served thereafter until his death.[5][3]

References
  1. "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  2. "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. "Jonathan Garland Dickerson: Associate Justice 1862-1878". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. "Waterville College", Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (August 22, 1839), p. 2.
  5. Maine Genealogy Archives, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920.
Political offices
Preceded by
John Appleton		 Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1862–1878		 Succeeded by
Joseph W. Symonds


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