John Nicholson

ABOUT JOHN NICHOLSON

During the late 1860s, this Delaware Democrat served in the United States House of Representatives. Also an attorney, he established a legal practice in Dover, Delaware.

After graduating from Pennsylvania's Dickinson College, he briefly worked as a school superintendent before pursuing a career as a lawyer.

Though he spent his early childhood in Laurel, Delaware, he traveled to Virginia for his secondary schooling.

His marriage to Angelica Killeen Reed produced four children, including a son named John Reed Nicholson who went on to become Chancellor of Delaware.

He and Charles Lore both served as U.S. Representatives from Delaware during the Nineteenth Century.