Philemon Dickerson
Date of Birth : Jan 11, 1788
Date of Death : Dec 10, 1862
Philemon Dickerson was a United States congressman representing New Jersey, and was later a United States federal judge. He was the brother of Governor, then United States Senator, Mahlon Dickerson of New Jersey. Philemon Dickerson was the father of patent attorney Edward Nicholl Dickerson who had defended Samuel Colt and Charles Goodyear in their patent-infringement suits.