The Johnses and Van Dykes
- Nicholas Van Dyke (1738–1789), delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Convention 1776, Delaware State Senator 1776–1778, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Delaware 1777–1782, President of Delaware 1783–1786. Father of Nicholas Van Dyke.
- Nicholas Van Dyke (1770–1826), Delaware State Representative 1799, U.S. Representative from Delaware 1807–1811, Attorney General of Delaware, Delaware State Senator 1816–1817, U.S. Senator from Delaware 1817–1826. Son of Nicholas Van Dyke.
- Kensey Johns (1759–1848), Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Convention 1792. Son-in-law of Nicholas Van Dyke.
- Kensey Johns, Jr. (1791–1857), U.S. Representative from Delaware 1827–1831, Chancellor of Delaware 1832–1857. Son of Kensey Johns.
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Famous quotes containing the word van:
“I please
To plant some more dew-wet anemones
That they may weep.”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)