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Joseph Benjamin Dimmick (October 3, 1858 – January 14, 1920) was a Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania during a cholera epidemic.
J. Benjamin Dimmick | |
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14th Mayor of Scranton | |
In office 1906–1909 | |
Preceded by | Alex T. Connell |
Succeeded by | John Von Bergen Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Benjamin Dimmick October 3, 1858 Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | January 14, 1920 61) Stratford, Ontario, Canada | (aged
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Dimmick was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Samuel E. Dimmick, a Pennsylvania Attorney General.[1] Dimmick was a Mayor of Scranton during a cholera epidemic. Dimmick had successfully run for Mayor of Scranton in 1906 with a specific aim of improving Scranton's sewerage system. Dimmick, Scranton's thirteenth mayor served until 1909.
In 1914 Boies Penrose was re-elected as the Republican senator for Pennsylvania in preference to Dimmick. Dimmick took the message of the defeat and afterwards confined himself to local politics and public speaking.[2]
Dimmick died in Stratford, Ontario in 1920 and left a wife and two daughters. His widowed sister in law became Mary Dimmick Harrison when she married the former President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison.[3]
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