US Congressman. A Democrat, he represented Massachusetts' 3rd District in the US House of Representatives for 11 months, from March 28, 1878 to March 3, 1879. Dean was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, and immigrated with his parents to Lowell, Massachusetts at age five. After attending Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. From 1852 Dean had a thriving law practice in Boston and was prominent in local political and civic affairs. He served three terms in the Massachusetts State Senate (1862, 1863, 1869), as an Alternate Delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention, and was a member of the State Common Council (1865 to 1866, 1872 to 1873). In 1876 Dean was defeated for election to the US House by Republican Walbridge A. Field; he successfully contested the results and served out the second half of the Congressional term. He was not a candidate for renomination and returned to his Boston practice. In later years he was Chairman of the Board of Park Commissioners. Dean was an avid yachtsman and counted among his property holdings Outer Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. During World War II a coastal defense emplacement, known as Battery Jewell, was built on the island. It has long since been abandoned.
US Congressman. A Democrat, he represented Massachusetts' 3rd District in the US House of Representatives for 11 months, from March 28, 1878 to March 3, 1879. Dean was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, and immigrated with his parents to Lowell, Massachusetts at age five. After attending Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. From 1852 Dean had a thriving law practice in Boston and was prominent in local political and civic affairs. He served three terms in the Massachusetts State Senate (1862, 1863, 1869), as an Alternate Delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention, and was a member of the State Common Council (1865 to 1866, 1872 to 1873). In 1876 Dean was defeated for election to the US House by Republican Walbridge A. Field; he successfully contested the results and served out the second half of the Congressional term. He was not a candidate for renomination and returned to his Boston practice. In later years he was Chairman of the Board of Park Commissioners. Dean was an avid yachtsman and counted among his property holdings Outer Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. During World War II a coastal defense emplacement, known as Battery Jewell, was built on the island. It has long since been abandoned.
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