Nathan Fellows Dixon (politician, 1847)

Nathan Fellows Dixon

Nathan Fellows Dixon III (born August 28, 1847 in Westerly , Rhode Island , †  November 8, 1897 ibid) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Rhode Island in both chambers of Congress .

Life

Nathan Fellows Dixon continued his family's political tradition. His grandfather of the same name was already a US senator ; his father, who also went by the name Nathan Fellows Dixon , sat for Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

After attending public schools in Westerly and the Phillips Academy in Andover , Dixon graduated from Brown University in 1869 and from Albany Law School in 1871 . That same year he was inducted into the bar and began practicing in his hometown. From 1877 to 1885 he was the successor of Wingate Hayes federal attorney for the judicial district of Rhode Island.

politics

When Congressman Jonathan Chace stepped down in January 1885 to replace the late Henry B. Anthony in the Senate, Dixon succeeded him in the House of Representatives in Washington . However, he only ended his term of office, which lasted until March 3, 1885; he was not nominated for election to the next Congress.

From 1885 to 1889, Dixon then sat in the Rhode Island Senate . In April 1889 he was re-elected to succeed Jonathan Chace, this time after his resignation as US Senator. His term of office lasted until March 3, 1895; again he was not a candidate in the next election. He then worked again as a lawyer and in the banking industry and died in Westerly in 1897.

Web links

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