Lincoln Dixon

Lincoln Dixon (1911)

Lincoln Dixon (born February 9, 1860 in Vernon , Jennings County , Indiana , †  September 16, 1932 in Lyndon , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1919 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lincoln Dixon attended Vernon Academy and then studied at Indiana University Bloomington until 1880 . In 1881 he worked for the US Department of the Interior in Washington ; after that he returned to Vernon. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1882, he began to work in this profession. In 1883 he was employed in the administration of the Indiana House of Representatives . Between 1884 and 1894, Dixon was a prosecutor in the sixth judicial district of his state.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1897 and 1904 and again from 1920 to 1927 he was a member of the board of directors at state level. In the congressional election of 1904 Dixon was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Francis M. Griffith on March 4, 1905 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. In 1918 Lincoln Dixon was defeated by Republican John S. Benham .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1920 and 1924 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions . From 1927 to 1930 and from 1931 until his death, Dixon was a member of the Federal Customs Commission . He died on September 16, 1932 while visiting Kentucky and was buried in Vernon.

Web links

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

• Lincoln Dixon in the database of Find a Grave (English)