Edward Dickinson (January 1, 1803 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

He was then elected as a Whig to the United States Congress 1853–1855 and subsequently declined candidacy for the Republican nomination of Lieutenant Governor in 1861 before returning to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1873.

He was elected for the main purpose of securing to the town the advantages of the Massachusetts Central Railroad.

On the morning of June 16, 1874, after a careful speech in the House on his connection with the Hoosac Tunnel, he suffered an apoplexy and died at his hotel before evening.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.