Joseph A. Dixon

Joseph Andrew Dixon
Joseph Andrew Dixon
	Leaving White House, March 7, 1938.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Ohio's 1st district
	In office; January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	John B. Hollister
Succeeded by	Charles H. Elston
Personal details
Born	June 3, 1879; Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	July 4, 1942 (aged 63); Cincinnati, Ohio
Resting place	St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Xavier University (Cincinnati)

Joseph Andrew Dixon (June 3, 1879 – July 4, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Early life and career

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 was also a manager and owner of amateur and professional baseball teams and active in young men's welfare work.

Congress

Group of legislators leaves White House after asking Franklin D. Roosevelt for $80,000,000 for flood control in Ohio Valley, March 7, 1938. front: l-r Joseph A. Dixon, James G. Polk, **Eugene B. Crowe**, G W Johnson, Lawrence E. Imhoff, rear l-r : Peter J. De Muth, Kent E. Keller, Brent Spence.

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.

Later career and death

He resumed his former business pursuits in Cincinnati until his death there on July 4, 1942. He was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Sources

United States Congress. "Joseph A. Dixon (id: D000371)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress