found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed May 12, 2008(Dean, Sidney, a Representative from Conn.; b. Nov. 16, 1818; d. Oct. 29, 1901; minister in the Meth. Ep. Church, 1843-1853, when he retired from the ministry because of impaired health; memb. of the Conn. House of Reps., 1854-1855; served in Cong., Mar. 4, 1855-Mar. 3, 1859; in 1860 reentered the ministry; 1865-1880 engaged as editor of the Providence Press, Providence Star, and Rhode Island Press; served in the Rhode Island senate in 1870 and 1871)
