Sidney Dean

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Preceded byWheaton Allen
Succeeded byHenry H. Luther
Preceded byNathan Belcher
Succeeded byAlfred A. Burnham
Sidney Dean
Portrait by Julian Vannerson, 1859
Member of the Rhode Island Senate from Warren
In office
May 3, 1870  May 7, 1872
Preceded byWheaton Allen
Succeeded byHenry H. Luther
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 3rd district
In office
April 1855  March 3, 1859
Preceded byNathan Belcher
Succeeded byAlfred A. Burnham
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Thompson
In office
May 3, 1854  April 1855
Serving with Faxon Nichols
Preceded byMoses Chandler
Succeeded byJesse Alton
Personal details
Born(1818-11-16)November 16, 1818
DiedOctober 29, 1901(1901-10-29) (aged 82)
Resting placeWarren, Rhode Island
Party
Spouses
  • Martha Hollister
    (m. 1839; died 1841)
  • Betsey Herrick
    (m. 1846; died 1852)
  • Annie Eddy
    (m. 1865)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Clergyman
  • politician
  • newspaper publisher
  • manufacturer
  • author
Signature

Sidney Dean (November 16, 1818 – October 29, 1901) was a United States representative from Connecticut.

Dean was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where he attended the common schools and Wilbraham and Suffield Academies.[1]

Early career

Dean was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1843 to 1853, when he retired from the ministry because of impaired health. After leaving the ministry, he engaged in manufacturing in Putnam, Connecticut.[2][1]

Politics and later life

References

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