This article is about the Massachusetts representative. For the Ohio representative, see Edward F. Dickinson. For the British ornithologist, see Edward C. Dickinson.
Edward Dickinson (January 1, 1803 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician from Massachusetts. He is also known as the father of the poet Emily Dickinson; their family home in Amherst, the Dickinson Homestead, is a museum dedicated to her.
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