Philemon Dickinson

Philemon Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Trenton, New Jersey. As a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia, he was one of the most effective militia officers of the American Revolutionary War. He was also a Continental Congressman from Delaware and a United States Senator from New Jersey.

5 April 1739

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Albert Champion (cyclist) • Alfie Conn Jr. • Antoni Clavé • Borja Mayoral • Dennis Mortimer • Herbert Bayer • John Willem Gran • Mal Colston • Marshall Allman • Pedro Rosselló • Rune Brattsveen • Walter Huston • Yohann Sangaré