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Samuel Dickie
6th Chairman of the Prohibition Party
In office
1887 – December 31, 1899
Preceded byJohn B. Finch
Succeeded byOliver W. Stewart
9th Mayor of Albion, Michigan
In office
1896–1897
Preceded byWilliam B. Knickerbocker
Succeeded byArza L. McCutcheon
7th President of Albion College
In office
1901–1921
Preceded byJohn P. Ashley
Succeeded byJohn W. Laird
Personal details
Born(1851-06-06)June 6, 1851
Burford, Ontario, Province of Canada
DiedNovember 5, 1925(1925-11-05) (aged 74)
Albion, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyProhibition
Other political
affiliations		Republican
Spouse
Mary Augusta Brockway
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(m. 1850)​
Children4
Parents
  • William Dickie (father)
  • Jane McNabb (mother)
EducationAlbion College (BA)
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Samuel Dickie (June 6, 1851 – November 5, 1925) was an American politician who was active in the Prohibition Party.

Life

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Samuel Dickie was born on June 6, 1851, to William Dickie and Jane McNabb, Scottish immigrants, in Burford, Ontario.[1] In 1858, his family immigrated to the United States and moved to Lansing, Michigan. In 1869, he enrolled into Albion College and graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1872 as the valedictorian of his class. In 1877, he became a mathematics and astronomy professor at Albion College and would remain in those positions until December 1887. On December 22, 1878, he married Mary Augusta Brockway, the daughter of W. H. Brockway who helped found Albion College, and would later have four children with her.[2]

Politics

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In 1887, he was selected to replace John B. Finch as chairman of the Prohibition Party following Finch's death and remained in the position until 1900. In 1886, he ran in the Michigan gubernatorial election and received the highest amount of support for any Michigan Prohibition gubernatorial candidate. On March 20, 1896, he was given the Prohibition nomination for Mayor of Albion, Michigan and won with a plurality of thirteen votes.[3][4]

In 1896, he presided over the Prohibition national convention and was one of the leaders of the narrow gauger faction which only wanted to include the prohibition of alcohol in the party's platform and successfully defeated the broad gaugers under the leadership of John St. John.[5] On December 31, 1899, he resigned from the chairmanship of the party so that he and John G. Woolley could purchase and worked together on the New Voice, a prohibition journal, and did so until 1901.[6][7]

In 1909, he debated Milwaukee Mayor David S. Rose twice and was considered the winner in both debates. During the second debate Calhoun County officially became a dry county and during the night an anti-prohibition mob surrounded his home, with only his daughter inside, and threatened to burn the building down until students from Albion College drove them away.[2]

Following the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, banning the sale and consumption of alcohol, he left the Prohibition Party and joined the Republican Party.[6]

Later life

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Dickie's grave at Riverside Cemetery

In 1898, Daniel Striker, the chairman and treasurer of the Albion College Endowment Fund committee, died and was replaced by Dickie. In 1901, he was elected to succeed John P. Ashley as president of Albion College and would serve in that position until his retirement in 1921. In 1923, he was made the first president of the Albion Chamber of Commerce.[2][6]

In 1921, he became a naturalized United States citizen after his passport was rejected while planning to give a European speaking tour. On November 5, 1925, he died from a heart attack at his home while sleeping.[8] He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Albion.

Electoral history

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Samuel Dickie electoral history
1878 Michigan Third Congressional district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jonas H. McGowan (incumbent) 14,381 41.68% −10.16%
Greenback John Dawson 12,347 35.78% +33.11%
Democratic James S. Upton 6,341 18.38% −26.54%
Prohibition Samuel Dickie 1,436 4.16% +3.59%
Total votes '34,505' '100.00%'
1884 Michigan gubernatorial election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Cyrus G. Luce 181,474 47.65% −0.02%
Fusion Party George L. Yaple 174,042 45.69%
Prohibition Samuel Dickie 25,179 6.61% +1.06%
Independent Write-ins 190 0.05% +0.04%
Total votes '380,885' '100.00%'
1890 Michigan Third Congressional district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James O'Donnell (incumbent) 16,679 44.47% −9.05%
Democratic John W. Fletcher 14,216 37.90% −0.96%
Industrial Robert Fraser 3,423 9.13% +9.13%
Prohibition Samuel Dickie 3,187 8.50% +2.70%
Total votes '37,505' '100.00%'

References

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  1. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. IV. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 174. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c "Portrait of a Prohibitionist". Archived from the original on March 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nominated Prof. Dickie". Detroit Free Pressr. March 21, 1896. p. 3. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Prohibitionists Carry the Town". The True Northerner. April 15, 1896. p. 7. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Prohibitionists Carry the Town". Two Factions. May 25, 1896. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c "Dr. Samuel Dickie, President Emeritus Of Albion, Dies". The News-Palladium. November 5, 1925. p. 14. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Albion Interactive History". Archived from the original on March 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "Dr. Samuel Dickie Dies Suddenly At Albion". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1925. p. 12. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "MI - District 03 1878". January 11, 2010.
  10. ^ "MI Governor 1884". December 28, 2004.
  11. ^ "MI - District 03 1890". January 13, 2010.
Party political offices
Preceded by Prohibition nominee for Governor of Michigan
1886 		Succeeded by
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