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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Dixon</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Adams</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#877.25.79">Henry Dixon Allen</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#066.30.99">William Anderson</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arn-arnick.html#365.71.46">Dixon Arnett</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bishop.html#138.97.83">Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr.</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#766.39.09">James Dixon Black</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#427.67.17">Linn Boyd</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#184.54.05">William Dallas Bynum</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#241.63.33">John Dixon Chipley</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#002.51.58">Orestes Cleveland</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cranfill-cravalho.html#200.37.75">Alan MacGregor Cranston</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#634.12.98">Dixon D. Davis</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/denniston-denson.html#903.13.77">Thaddeus Densmore</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#415.98.79">John Lloyd Dorsey Jr.</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#471.37.88">Donald Dixon Edgar</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#406.83.38">J. Dixon Edwards</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#284.96.32">Jay Dixon Edwards</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elder.html#384.85.91">John Dixon Elder</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#697.13.15">Dixon F. Flanary</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#781.58.10">Charles Louis Follo</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#915.11.55">Littleberry Stainback Foster</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilliam-gillon.html#276.23.01">John Joyce Gilligan</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#071.52.36">Merle Dixon Graves</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#602.64.40">Dupont Guerry</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall2.html#176.02.34">Dixon Hall</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#510.48.63">Arthur Hayes</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hays.html#914.02.57">Edward Dixon Hays</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herman.html#335.56.84">Robert Dixon Herman</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hitchens-hoag.html#423.67.99">W. Dixon Hoag</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#232.65.30">Daniel Dixon Lee</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis2.html#689.88.92">Dixon Hall Lewis</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lindsey.html#144.45.44">Dixon L. Lindsey</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#617.40.98">Thomas Burr Osborne</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#037.02.09">Curtis Dixon Oxford</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#625.59.08">Alexander Mitchell Palmer</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/philadelph-phill.html#541.02.58">Dixon G. Philips</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powers.html#574.92.34">R. Dixon Powers</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roman.html#268.07.50">James Dixon Roman</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#480.57.31">Dixon Smith</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#425.27.60">Dixon F. Vancore</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincente-vliet.html#569.17.50">Roberta Dixon Vinson</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#645.83.77">Fannie Dixon Welch</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#788.50.05">William Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="661.69.98">Dixon, Abram</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New York. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 8th District, 1840-43. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="799.32.68">Dixon, Alan John</a> (1927-2014)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Alan J. Dixon</b>; <b>&quot;Al the Pal&quot;</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Fairview Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-07.html">July 7, 1927</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1951-63 (49th District 1951-57, 43rd District 1957-63); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1963-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1971-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1977-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1981-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/07-06.html">July 6, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-buried.html# ">Lakeview Memorial Gardens</a>, Fairview Heights, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#295.81.00">Craig Lovitt</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#295.81.00">Craig Lovitt</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beaty-bechtold.html#077.24.20">Mar&iacute;a C. Bechily</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000366">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403483">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan J. Dixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/166/000129776">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1752679">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="588.66.56">Dixon, Alexander H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/DE.html">1856</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="576.67.55">Dixon, Alfred E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 19th District, 1904 (Social Democratic), 1910 (Socialist). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="168.26.38">Dixon, Alva J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Sterling, 1906, 1912, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="641.49.39">Dixon, Amos F.</a> (b. 1877)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Stillwater Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, N.J. Born near Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-05.html">December 5, 1877</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a> and executive in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Bell System</a>, 1902-40; granted more than 60 patents for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">dairy</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Sussex County, 1945-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Sussex County, 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="895.31.35">Dixon, Angela</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Green. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="523.97.99">Dixon, Archibald</a> (1802-1876)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-lived.html">Henderson County</a>, Ky. Born near Redhouse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CS-born.html">Caswell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/04-02.html">April 2, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1844-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1851-55. Slaveowner. Died in Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-died.html">Henderson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-23.html">April 23, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-buried.html#cms00106">Fernwood Cemetery</a>, Henderson, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WB-names.html">Dixon, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000367">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403484">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald Dixon">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="496.69.75">Dixon, Arrington Liggins</a> (b. 1942)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Arrington Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-03.html">December 3, 1942</a>. Democrat. City council member, Washington, D.C.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/DC.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/DC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/DC.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/DC.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/DC.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DC.html">Democratic National Committee from District of Columbia</a>, 2004-08. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 2008. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Washington Dixon and Sallie Arrington Dixon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/">1966</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly8.html#885.53.94">Sharon Pratt</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="052.84.74">Dixon, Arthur</a> (b. 1837)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>&quot;Watch-Dog of the City Treasury&quot;</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-27.html">March 27, 1837</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">transfer business</a>; member, Chicago Common Council, 1867-91; president of council, 1874-80; director, Baltimore & Ohio <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; director, Chicago & Grand Trunk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, 1900-17; director, Metropolitan National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 96th District, 1871-73; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IL.html">1880</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Arthur Dixon and Jane (Allen) Dixon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Annie Carson; father of <a href="#334.83.41">George William Dixon</a> and <a href="#280.61.81">Thomas John Dixon</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16404.html">Dixon family</a> of Chicago, Illinois.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="507.50.56">Dixon, Arthur M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Gastonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 31st District, 1915-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="634.21.54">Dixon, Belinda A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="592.12.95">Dixon, Benjamin F.</a> (d. 1910)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CL-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NC.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/aud.html">North Carolina state auditor</a>, 1901-10; died in office 1910. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-26.html">September 26, 1910</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#187.10.09">Benjamin F. Dixon Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="187.10.09">Dixon, Benjamin F., Jr.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/aud.html">North Carolina state auditor</a>, 1910-11; appointed 1910. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#592.12.95">Benjamin F. Dixon</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="628.05.63">Dixon, Bernard H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Bert</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#004.34.84">J. Bert Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="126.08.26">Dixon, Betsie</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-lived.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WY.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="471.42.99">Dixon, Beverly</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Brazoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-lived.html">Brazoria County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="290.89.53">Dixon, C. J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MO.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="818.36.92">Dixon, Carl</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Castle Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Colo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CO.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="105.59.35">Dixon, Charles</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/UT.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="688.96.72">Dixon, Charles G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 9th District, 1887-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="190.35.01">Dixon, Clarence G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/butler.html#2">Butler, Pa.</a>, 1931-36 (acting, 1931-32). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="705.89.65">Dixon, Clark K.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ridgway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/EL-lived.html">Elk County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Clyde</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#753.64.34">W. Clyde Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="935.64.89">Dixon, Dale</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Georgia. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 5th District, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="788.82.34">Dixon, David</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Mississippi. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-consuls.html ">San Antonio</a>, 1826-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="665.19.33">Dixon, David D.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/MD.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="154.98.71">Dixon, David J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Munhall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="393.77.11">Dixon, David J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of South Salt Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/southsaltlake.html">mayor of South Salt Lake, Utah</a>, 1985. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, E. E.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#913.59.88">Edward Everett Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="995.04.50">Dixon, Edmund M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Thompsonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BZ-lived.html">Benzie County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1913. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="913.59.88">Dixon, Edward Everett</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>E. E. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-lived.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 15th District, 1912. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#682.37.80">Edward Everett</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="707.23.65">Dixon, Edward T.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OH.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="380.79.35">Dixon, Emerald B.</a> (1892-1982)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Michigan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/index.html">1892</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 7th District, 1930 (Democratic), 1932 (Prohibition). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">about 90 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="814.99.36">Dixon, Eric</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Time for Change candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 32nd District, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="973.81.87">Dixon, Ernest</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Edmonton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MF-lived.html">Metcalfe County</a>, Ky. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sppi.html">Kentucky superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1955. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="293.50.89">Dixon, Ernest</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/infotech.html">Computer programmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/saltlakecity.html">mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah</a>, 1987. Still living as of 1987. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="242.63.88">Dixon, Ernest S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Inglewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/inglewood.html">Mayor of Inglewood, Calif.</a>, 1950-51. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="973.85.74">Dixon, Ezra</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/RI.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/RI.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/RI.html">1916</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a> from Bristol, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="928.07.47">Dixon, Frank H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="402.76.17">Dixon, Frank J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OR.html">Vice-chair of Oregon Democratic Party</a>, 2008; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/OR.html">2008</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="449.13.34">Dixon, Frank Murray</a> (1892-1965)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Frank M. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Alabama. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-25.html">July 25, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his right leg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/10-11.html">October 11, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-buried.html#cms03905">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Birmingham, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-murray-dixon/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="404.40.40">Dixon, Fred L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/DC.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="682.12.67">Dixon, Fred M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/RI.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="792.89.24">Dixon, Frederic J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/porthuron.html">Mayor of Port Huron, Mich.</a>, 1913; defeated, 1913. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="676.22.96">Dixon, G. J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MO.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="228.27.26">Dixon, Gary</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Westland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1979. Still living as of 1979. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="542.55.98">Dixon, Gaynelle M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/PA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soi.html">Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs</a>, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="784.15.96">Dixon, George</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of De Witt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="034.37.78">Dixon, George C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ill. Born in Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IL.html">1936</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 35th District, 1929-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/dixon.html">mayor of Dixon, Ill.</a>, 1931-34; resigned 1934; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 35th District, 1935-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="250.58.88">Dixon, George G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of West Virginia. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 14th District, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="334.83.41">Dixon, George William</a> (born c.1866)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>George W. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., about 1866. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">transfer business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 1st District, 1903-07; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#052.84.74">Arthur Dixon</a> and Annie (Carson) Dixon; brother of <a href="#280.61.81">Thomas John Dixon</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/03-02.html">March 2, 1903</a>, to Marion E. Martin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16404.html">Dixon family</a> of Chicago, Illinois.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="296.09.34">Dixon, Georgia</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Idaho Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BV-lived.html">Bonneville County</a>, Idaho. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/ID.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="199.35.91">Dixon, Gerald G.</a> (born c.1885)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Jerry Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, about 1885. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1935-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/stsen.html">Washington state senate</a> 28th District, 1943-47. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="554.01.97">Dixon, Greg</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a> 42nd District, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="550.88.79">Dixon, H. M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WI-lived.html">Winona County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 7, 1875. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12558">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="784.40.37">Dixon, Harry D., Jr.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia</a>, 1994-98. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="373.70.37">Dixon, Harry J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-lived.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/warren.html#2">Warren, Ohio</a>, 1937-43 (acting, 1937-39). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="220.51.90">Dixon, Henry Aldous</a> (1890-1967)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Henry A. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-lived.html">Weber County</a>, Utah. Born in Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-born.html">Utah County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-29.html">June 29, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Weber College, 1919-20 and 1937-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University), 1953-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Utah</a> 1st District, 1955-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-died.html">Weber County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/01-22.html">January 22, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 207 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-buried.html# ">Washington Heights Memorial Park</a>, South Ogden, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000368">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403485">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Aldous Dixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16163342">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="668.00.18">Dixon, Henry S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ill. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/dixon.html">Mayor of Dixon, Ill.</a>, 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="765.48.55">Dixon, Herbert B.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RA-lived.html">Rapides Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/LA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="015.95.03">Dixon, Howard E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-lived.html">Frederick County</a>, Md. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/brunswick.html#2">Brunswick, Md.</a>, 1926-35 (acting, 1926-27). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="432.51.16">Dixon, Hugo Norton</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-consuls.html">Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1935. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="707.49.54">Dixon, Ira</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Kentland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/NE-lived.html">Newton County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IN.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="716.78.82">Dixon, Irene Levette</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Fort Pierce, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SL-lived.html">St. Lucie County</a>, Fla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/FL.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="563.90.92">Dixon, Irma Muse</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/LA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/LA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/LA.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 2nd District, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="004.34.84">Dixon, J. Bert</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/vienna.html">Mayor of Vienna, W.Va.</a>, 1951. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="654.80.20">Dixon, J. C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Bennett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CH-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, N.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NC.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="446.96.09">Dixon, J. H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Harrodsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/harrodsburg.html#2">Harrodsburg, Ky.</a>, 1887-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="445.52.88">Dixon, J. Kelly</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Talladega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-lived.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AL.html">1912</a> (alternate; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/AL.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AL.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="176.27.08">Dixon, J. R.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/WY.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="876.86.29">Dixon, J. R.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Linneus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LN-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Linn County, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="497.03.87">Dixon, Jackson K.</a> (b. 1878)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JN-lived.html">Jones County</a>, N.C. Born in Tuckahoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DR-born.html">Dare County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-27.html">January 27, 1878</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Jones County, 1911-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="590.64.98">Dixon, James</a> (1814-1873)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/08-05.html">August 5, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Enfield, 1837-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 1st District, 1845-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 1st District, 1849, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1857-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-soc.html">Kappa Alpha Society</a>. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-27.html">March 27, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms00569">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Hartford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/10-01.html">October 1, 1840</a>, to Elizabeth Lord Cogswell.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000369">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403486">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Dixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6248528">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="540.32.18">Dixon, James</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-lived.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 19th District, 1873-75. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="843.28.28">Dixon, James</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Progressive. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="086.41.23">Dixon, James A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Keyser, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-lived.html">Mineral County</a>, W.Va.; Elk Garden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-lived.html">Mineral County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ML-parties.html">Chair of Mineral County Republican Party</a>, 1949-54, 1961-62. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="338.86.64">Dixon, James B.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Minnesota. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 1st District, 1855. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12559">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="391.65.52">Dixon, James E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/dixon.html">Mayor of Dixon, Ill.</a>, 1983-91. Still living as of 1991. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#842.29.04">John Sherwood Dixon</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/868/08.59.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="James L. Dixon"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="868.08.59">Dixon, James L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Kew Gardens, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Queens County 6th District, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1936</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="538.90.95">Dixon, Jeanne E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/seattle.html">mayor of Seattle, Wash.</a>, 2005. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2005. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Jerry</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#199.35.91">Gerald G. Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="896.21.63">Dixon, Jerry L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 15th District, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="545.20.71">Dixon, John</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-lived.html">Racine County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Racine County 1st District; elected 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="649.35.64">Dixon, John Allen, Jr.</a> (b. 1920)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Born in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-08.html">April 8, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; district judge in Louisiana, 1957-68; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Louisiana state supreme court</a>, 1971-80. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="780.49.97">Dixon, John D.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 4th District, 1855-57. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="655.49.70">Dixon, John De Gray</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/UT.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="272.54.29">Dixon, John G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Pennsylvania. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="109.25.26">Dixon, John M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/jeffersoncity.html#2">Jefferson City, Mo.</a>, 1857-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="706.45.23">Dixon, John S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Michigan. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Grand Traverse District, 1863-64. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="842.29.04">Dixon, John Sherwood</a> (1896-1973)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Sherwood Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ill. Born in Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-19.html">June 19, 1896</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IL.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1949-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1952. Died in Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-died.html">Lee County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/05-17.html">May 17, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-buried.html#cms04468">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Dixon, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#391.65.52">James E. Dixon</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="506.79.89">Dixon, John Tobias</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="829.92.67">Dixon, Jonathan</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spaj.html">Associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court</a>, 1889-1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="685.62.25">Dixon, Joseph</a> (1828-1883)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-09.html">April 9, 1828</a>. Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1870-71. Slaveowner. Died near Fountain Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-died.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-03.html">March 3, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-buried.html#cms03384">Edwards Chapel Cemetery</a>, Lenoir County, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000370">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403487">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="471.92.45">Dixon, Joseph A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 35th District, 1908, 1910; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 48th District, 1914. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=270436">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="591.10.12">Dixon, Joseph Andrew</a> (1879-1942)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Joseph A. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/06-03.html">June 3, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 1st District, 1937-39; defeated, 1940. Died in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/07-04.html">July 4, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms03557">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000371">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403488">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="794.13.43">Dixon, Joseph F.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MS.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="347.26.31">Dixon, Joseph H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Newport Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/newportbeach.html#2">Newport Beach, Calif.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="363.90.24">Dixon, Joseph Moore</a> (1867-1934)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Joseph M. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Missoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-lived.html">Missoula County</a>, Mont. Born in Snow Camp, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AL-born.html">Alamance County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-31.html">July 31, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-officials.html">Missoula County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1895-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> at-large, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MT.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MT.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MT.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1907-13; defeated, 1912 (Progressive), 1928 (Republican); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1921-25; defeated (Republican), 1924. Died in Missoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-died.html">Missoula County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-22.html">May 22, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-buried.html#cms02446">Missoula Cemetery</a>, Missoula, Mont. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Carrie M. Worden.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000372">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403489">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-moore-dixon/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph M. Dixon">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="418.25.21">Dixon, Julian Carey</a> (1934-2000)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Julian C. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-08.html">August 8, 1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1973-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93, 32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>; chair, Rules Committee, chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/committees.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> in Marina del Rey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/12-08.html">December 8, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms02104">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a>, Inglewood, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dufrene-dukakis.html#483.33.92">Bevan Dufty</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000373">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400580">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian Dixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/966/000129579">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6812301">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Kelly</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#445.52.88">J. Kelly Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="976.56.54">Dixon, Kelly</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Kings Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CL-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NC.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/311/86.67.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="King Dixon"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="311.86.67">Dixon, King</a> (b. 1908)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of near Laurens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-lived.html">Laurens County</a>, S.C. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-02.html">October 2, 1908</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">ice and fuel oil dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Laurens County, 1955-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Laurens County, 1960-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Albert Montgomery Dixon and Sarah Youmans (King) Dixon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/08-14.html">August 14, 1926</a>, to Katharine Simmons.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="197.22.92">Dixon, L. N.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Mo. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Mercer County, 1937-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="383.20.81">Dixon, L. T.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-lived.html">Weber County</a>, Utah. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/UT.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="513.93.47">Dixon, Lacey</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MI.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="596.75.60">Dixon, Lafayette C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 51, 1935-50. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12560">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="791.76.46">Dixon, Lane</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-lived.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="480.80.39">Dixon, Larry</a> (born c.1943)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born about 1943. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/AL.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/AL.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="543.10.62">Dixon, LeRoy</a> (1881-1926)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/index.html">1881</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/provo.html">Mayor of Provo, Utah</a>, 1918-21. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/index.html">1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="759.32.29">Dixon, Lincoln</a> (1860-1932)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of North Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JN-lived.html">Jennings County</a>, Ind. Born in Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JN-born.html">Jennings County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/02-09.html">February 9, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; prosecuting attorney, 6th Judicial Circuit, 1884-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Indiana Democratic State Committee</a>, 1897-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 4th District, 1905-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IN.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Died in Lyndon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/09-16.html">September 16, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JN-buried.html#cms03058">Vernon Cemetery</a>, Vernon, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel M. Dixon and Belinda (Foster) Dixon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-16.html">October 16, 1884</a>, to Kate Storey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000374">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403490">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="450.85.29">Dixon, Lloyd</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WY.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="984.49.06">Dixon, Lorraine</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IL.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="645.52.06">Dixon, Louise</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/FL.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="039.86.18">Dixon, Luther S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Wisconsin. Circuit judge in Wisconsin 9th Circuit, 1858-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court</a>, 1859-74. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="455.19.82">Dixon, M. W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 14th District, 1875-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="850.03.73">Dixon, M. W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/GA.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="293.03.96">Dixon, Maceo Carl</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Michigan. Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="184.62.34">Dixon, Margaret</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/LA.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="904.36.22">Dixon, Marston R.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Delhi Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/delhi-twp.html">supervisor of Delhi Township, Michigan</a>, 1984. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="951.90.69">Dixon, Martha</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Arkadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AR.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AR.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AR.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AR.html">Democratic National Committee from Arkansas</a>, 2004-08. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="626.94.67">Dixon, Mary C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New York. Right To Life candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1988 (28th District), 1992 (26th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="440.74.73">Dixon, Michael Eugene</a> (born c.1953)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Born about 1953. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/SC.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="005.64.46">Dixon, Mott C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 26th District, 1890. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="257.09.91">Dixon, N. Walter</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/CO.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="348.29.91">Dixon, Nathan Fellows</a> (1774-1842)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Rhode Island. Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/12-13.html">December 13, 1774</a>. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1839-42; died in office 1842. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-29.html">January 29, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms02447">River Bend Cemetery</a>, Westerly, R.I.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#441.39.83">Nathan Fellows Dixon II</a>; grandfather of <a href="#496.42.99">Nathan Fellows Dixon III</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10417.html">Dixon family</a> of Westerly, Rhode Island.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000376">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403491">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="441.39.83">Dixon, Nathan Fellows II</a> (1812-1881)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/05-01.html">May 1, 1812</a>. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1840; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1849-51, 1863-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-11.html">April 11, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms02447">River Bend Cemetery</a>, Westerly, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#348.29.91">Nathan Fellows Dixon</a>; father of <a href="#496.42.99">Nathan Fellows Dixon III</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10417.html">Dixon family</a> of Westerly, Rhode Island.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000375">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403492">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="496.42.99">Dixon, Nathan Fellows III</a> (1847-1897)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Nathan F. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/04-28.html">April 28, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island</a>, 1877-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1885; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1889-95. Died in Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-08.html">November 8, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-buried.html#cms02447">River Bend Cemetery</a>, Westerly, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#441.39.83">Nathan Fellows Dixon II</a>; grandson of <a href="#348.29.91">Nathan Fellows Dixon</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10417.html">Dixon family</a> of Westerly, Rhode Island.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000377">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403493">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="542.31.84">Dixon, Oliver O.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Indiana. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 9th District, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="865.50.85">Dixon, Paul</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="175.18.24">Dixon, Paul Rand</a> (1913-1996)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Paul R. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Brentwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-29.html">September 29, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1961-81; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1961-69, 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/05-02.html">May 2, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 216 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James David Dixon and Sarah (Munn) Dixon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/10-11.html">October 11, 1939</a>, to Dores Busby.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul Rand Dixon">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="412.07.31">Dixon, Pauline K.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 32nd District, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="744.83.97">Dixon, Mrs. R. W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="884.91.00">Dixon, Ralph</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Whitewater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/WI.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="488.01.28">Dixon, Reba W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 19th District, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="446.68.43">Dixon, Rebecca</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Texas. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="910.99.42">Dixon, Richard Clay</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dayton.html">Mayor of Dayton, Ohio</a>, 1987-92. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="264.38.29">Dixon, Richard E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PA-lived.html">Piatt County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/monticello.html#2">Monticello, Ill.</a>, 1966-73 (acting, 1966). Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="827.68.58">Dixon, Richard N.</a> (1938-2012)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Md. Born in Westminster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-17.html">April 17, 1938</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">stockbroker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1983-96; defeated, 1978; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/trea.html">Maryland state treasurer</a>, 1996-2002; resigned 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-psi.html">Kappa Alpha Psi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2012/06-07.html">June 7, 2012</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-buried.html# ">St. Luke's United Methodist Cemetery</a>, Howard County, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas A. Dixon and Mamie (Johnson) Dixon; married to Grayson Dorsey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard N. Dixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91606495">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="058.78.52">Dixon, Robert</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of near Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HA-lived.html">Hamlin County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 27th District, 1891-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="592.17.76">Dixon, Robert</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Woodmont, Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/milford.html#4">Warden (borough president) of Woodmont, Connecticut</a>, 1929-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CT.html">Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1940. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="207.88.74">Dixon, Robert W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NY.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Roberta</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincente-vliet.html#569.17.50">Roberta Dixon Vinson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="436.53.20">Dixon, Roger</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Miss. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trhs.html">Mississippi territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1802. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="630.78.33">Dixon, Roy E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="636.33.74">Dixon, Mrs. Ruel</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Waco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ML-lived.html">McLennan County</a>, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/TX.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="629.99.39">Dixon, Russell</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Humansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PO-parties.html">Chair of Polk County Republican Party</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="620.78.41">Dixon, Ryan M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 14th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="615.71.88">Dixon, Samuel</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of MacDonald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/WV.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Sharon Pratt</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly8.html#885.53.94">Sharon Pratt Kelly</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="974.01.49">Dixon, Sheila Ann</a> (b. 1953)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Sheila Dixon</b>; <b>Sheila Dixon-Smith</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-27.html">December 27, 1953</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MD.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MD.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MD.html">2008</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/baltimore.html">mayor of Baltimore, Md.</a>, 2007-10; resigned 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in January 2009, on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/theft.html">theft</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">misconduct</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">secretly accepting</a> more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy families to buy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">furs</a> and other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in May, but she was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reindicted</a> in July; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in fall 2009; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> on one count of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">embezzlement</a>, and acquitted on other charges; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> as mayor, as part of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">plea agreement</a>. Still living as of 2010. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila Dixon">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="234.13.43">Dixon, Sherwood</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Illinois. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IL.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/IL.html">1892</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 19th District, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois</a>, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Sherwood</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#842.29.04">John Sherwood Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="061.54.93">Dixon, Thomas</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/memphis.html">Mayor of Memphis, Tenn.</a>, 1839-41. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="017.65.86">Dixon, Thomas, Jr.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Currituck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CI-lived.html">Currituck County</a>, N.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NC.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="280.61.81">Dixon, Thomas John</a> (b. 1869)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Thomas J. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-09.html">September 9, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">Transfer business</a>; Chicago alderman; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#052.84.74">Arthur Dixon</a> and Annie (Carson) Dixon; brother of <a href="#334.83.41">George William Dixon</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16404.html">Dixon family</a> of Chicago, Illinois.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="138.14.43">Dixon, Thomas P.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WI-lived.html">Winona County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 11, 1864. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12561">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="926.06.34">Dixon, Thornton</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="063.86.52">Dixon, Toietta</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Illinois. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 7th District, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="129.30.31">Dixon, Tudor M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 2022. Still living as of 2022. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="406.84.50">Dixon, Verl Grant</a> (b. 1908)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Verl G. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/provo.html">Mayor of Provo, Utah</a>, 1962-73; defeated, 1989. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="590.23.15">Dixon, Virgil L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/shreveport.html#2">Shreveport, La.</a>, 1962-72 (acting, 1962-64). Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="753.64.34">Dixon, W. Clyde</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Madrid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, W. O.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#846.18.34">William Osborn Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="050.15.80">Dixon, W. O.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of North Carolina. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="638.96.14">Dixon, W. W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/SC.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dixon, Walter</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#257.09.91">N. Walter Dixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="048.59.28">Dixon, Walter J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Kokomo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IN.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="554.18.43">Dixon, Walter T.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MD.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="162.14.13">Dixon, Mrs. Wesley M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Lake Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Republican National Committee from Illinois</a>, 1952; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IL.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="417.47.36">Dixon, Wesley S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Barnwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-lived.html">Barnwell County</a>, S.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/barnwell.html#3">Barnwell Court House, S.C.</a>, 1882-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/SC.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/SC.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/SC.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/SC.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/SC.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/SC.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="116.47.16">Dixon, Wilbur J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newcanaan.html#2">Warden (borough president) of New Canaan, Connecticut</a>, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="964.11.64">Dixon, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Enfield, 1820-21, 1828-29, 1831. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="144.88.26">Dixon, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of St. John, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ST-lived.html">Stafford County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/KS.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="993.80.32">Dixon, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 6th District, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="943.51.68">Dixon, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Hyden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LS-lived.html">Leslie County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="130.22.35">Dixon, William Cornelius</a> (b. 1904)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William C. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/07-01.html">July 1, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 22nd District, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spju.html">justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1939. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frank Dixon and Celia (Potter) Dixon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-20.html">November 20, 1934</a>, to Arvilla Pratt.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="303.21.19">Dixon, William J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Democrat. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/miami.html#2">Miami, Fla.</a>, 1934-35. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="846.18.34">Dixon, William Osborn</a> (b. 1872)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>W. O. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Pineville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MC-lived.html">McDonald County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-born.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-17.html">May 17, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from McDonald County, 1915-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="785.91.65">Dixon, William Wirt</a> (1838-1910)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William W. Dixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/06-03.html">June 3, 1838</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trhs.html">Montana territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Montana state constitutional convention</a>, 1883, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> at-large, 1891-93. 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