Auxencico Maria Pena Venezuela Hildreth Dickeson (1843History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland, New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens; edited by Thomas Cushing and Charles E. Sheppherd; published 1883 by Everts & Peck, on the press of J. B. Lippincott of Philadelphia — June 15, 1879), also known as Oxie Dickeson, was an American politician who represented Salem County in the New Jersey State Assembly from 1865 to 1866.Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, One Hundred and Thirtieth Session; by Thomas F. Fitzgerald; published 1906; p. 222
Early life Dickeson was born in Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University and Albany Law School, after which he joined the Republican Party.
Name Historian Andy Osterdahl has reported being informed by one of Dickeson's descendants that the name is the result of Dickeson's father having wanted to honor a friend, Auxencico Maria Pena, who was a Venezuelan national; "Hildreth" was Dickeson's mother's maiden name.An Auxencico Update.....The Sequel!!!!, by Andy Osterdahl, at The Strangest Names in Political History; published February 6, 2012; retrieved March 24, 2026
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