Joseph A. Dixon
U.S. Congressperson
1879 – 1942
Who was Joseph A. Dixon?
Joseph Andrew Dixon was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dixon attended St. Patrick's School, Hughes High School, and Xavier University in Cincinnati. He served as clerk in a mercantile store 1893-1900. He engaged in retail clothing business in Anderson, Indiana, Hartford City, Indiana, and Cincinnati. He also was manager and owner of amateur and professional baseball teams. Active in young men's welfare work.
Dixon was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress. He resumed his former business pursuits in Cincinnati, Ohio, until his death there on July 4, 1942. He was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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- Born
- Jun 3, 1879
Cincinnati - Also known as
- Joseph Dixon
- Education
- Xavier University
- Lived in
- Cincinnati
- Died
- Jul 4, 1942
Cincinnati
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on July 23, 2013
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