Franklin J. Dickman was a Republican politician in the U.S. State

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 of Ohio

Ohio

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 who was in the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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 and was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1886–1895.

Franklin Dickman was a native of Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg, Virginia

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, born August 28, 1828. At age sixteen he entered Brown University

Brown University

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 in Providence, Rhode Island

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, from which he graduated. He was admitted to the bar, and was a candidate for Rhode Island Attorney General as a Democrat in 1857, but lost in the General Election. In 1858, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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, and became a Republican during the American Civil War

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.

In 1861, Dickman represented Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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 in the Ohio House of Representatives in the 55th General Assembly, (1862–1863). Married Anna Eliza Neil of Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

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 December 24, 1862, who had three children. At the end of his term he formed a partnership with Rufus P. Spalding

Rufus P. Spalding

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, which continued until 1875.

In 1867, President Johnson

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 appointed Dickman as United States District Attorney for the Northern district of Ohio, and he resigned in 1879. In 1883 he was appointed on the Supreme Court Commission for two years. In 1886, Governor Foraker

Joseph B. Foraker

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 appointed him to a vacancy on the Ohio Supreme Court. In 1887, he defeated Democrat Virgil P. Cline for the remainder of the term, and he won a full five year term in 1889 over Democrat Martin Dewey Follett

Martin Dewey Follett

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. At the 1894 State Republican Convention, Dickman lost out to John Allen Shauck

John Allen Shauck

John Allen Shauck was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1895–1914....

for the nomination. He died February 12, 1908 at Cleveland.