James Dixon

James Dixon

James Dixon (born August 5, 1814 in Enfield , Hartford County , Connecticut , † March 27, 1873 in Hartford , Connecticut) was an American politician who represented the state of Connecticut in both chambers of Congress and all three major political parties of its Belonged to time.

After attending secondary school Dixon took Jura -Studies at Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts on), where he graduated 1834th A little later he was admitted to the bar and from then on worked as a lawyer in his hometown.

James Dixon's political career began with membership in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1837 to 1838; In 1837 he was the speaker there . In 1844 he was re-elected to the Chamber. In the meantime he moved to Hartford in 1839. Dixon was originally a member of the Whig Party , for which he entered the United States House of Representatives in 1845 . After four years, he left Congress for the first time in 1849.

In 1854 he served in the Connecticut Parliament for one more term. In the same year he was defeated while trying to be elected to the US Senate ; meanwhile, he rejected his candidacy for governor of Connecticut. It was not until 1856 that Dixon, who had meanwhile moved to the Republicans, succeeded in gaining a seat in the Senate. He held this position from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1869. During this time he was chairman of the Senate Expenditures Monitoring Committee; He was also a member of the District of Columbia and Postal Affairs committees. In 1868 he missed re-election; In the same year, his renewed candidacy for the US House of Representatives failed. This time he ran as a democrat .

In 1869 James Dixon was to be appointed US ambassador to Russia, but he refused. He preferred to pursue his literary interests and travel a lot.

Web links

• James Dixon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Corporated (Union Triad)