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James Dixon
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'''James Dixon''' (
August 5,
1814 -
March 27,
1873) was a
United States Representative and
United States Senator Senator from
Connecticut. Born in
Enfield, Connecticut, he pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from
Williams College in
Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834. He studied law, and was admitted to the
bar (law) bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Enfield. He was a member of the State
house of representatives in 1837-1838 and 1844, and served as speaker in 1837; he moved to
Hartford, Connecticut in 1839 and continued the practice of law. He was elected as a
Whig to the House, serving during the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849), and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1854. He declined the nomination for
Governor of Connecticut in 1854, and was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1854.
Dixon was elected as a
USRepublican Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1856, and reelected in 1863, serving from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses) and a member of the Committees on
District of Columbia (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses) and Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-ninth Congress). He was an unsuccessful
USDemocrat Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives in 1868. He was appointed
Diplomatic minister Minister to
Foreign relations of Russia Russia in 1869 but declined; he engaged in literary pursuits and extensive traveling until his death in Hartford on March 27, 1873. Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Category:1814 births Dixon, James
Category:1873 deaths Dixon, James
Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Dixon, James
Category:United States Senators from Connecticut Dixon, James
Category:American lawyers Dixon, James
