Joseph Dixon (politician, 1828)

Joseph Dixon (born April 9, 1828 in Farmville , Pitt County , North Carolina , †  March 3, 1883 in Fountain Hill , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1870 and 1871 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Dixon attended public schools in his home country. At times he was also given private lessons. After finishing school, he worked in agriculture and trade. After the Civil War , he became a colonel in the North Carolina Militia. In 1864 and 1865 he was a district judge.

Dixon joined the Republican Party . Between 1865 and 1867 he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives . After the death of MP David Heaton , he was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 5, 1870, when the by-election was due for the second seat of North Carolina . Since he was no longer running in the regular congressional elections of 1870 , he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1871 .

In 1871 and 1872, Joseph Dixon served as the Federal Government's Commissioner of Claims . Then he continued his activity in agriculture. In 1875 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the North Carolina Constitution. He died on March 3, 1883 near Fountain Hill.

Web links

• Joseph Dixon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Joseph Dixon in the database of Find a Grave (English)