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John Dickinson was a farmer from Pennsylvania.
John Dickinson feared a unicameral government and violent resistance to the law. :]<33333333333
John Dickinson's occupation is lending and investments, a lawyer, and he retired.
John Dickinson was a firm supporter of "No Taxation Without Representation". He argued that there was injustice of external taxation because the British were exploiting the wealth of the colonies.
While John Dickinson's name is validly on the Constitution, he did not personally sign it. He authorized fellow delegate George Read to sign his name by proxy, as he was too ill to be there. Interestingly, earlier in history, John had refused to sign the Declaration of Independence because he objected to violence in solving the challenges they faced.