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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaLincoln DIXON
(1860-1932)
DIXON, Lincoln, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Vernon, Jennings County, Ind.,
on February 9, 1860; attended Vernon Academy, and was graduated
from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1880; employed as a clerk
in the Department of the Interior at Washington, D.C., in 1881;
returned to Vernon, Ind., and studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1882 and commenced practice in North Vernon; reading clerk of
the State house of representatives in 1883; prosecuting attorney
for the sixth judicial circuit 1884-1892; member of the Democratic
State committee 1897-1904 and 1920-1927; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1905-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918
to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; delegate
to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1924; in charge
of the Democratic campaign in the West in 1924; appointed a member
of the United States Tariff Commission by President Coolidge in
1927 and retired in 1930; reappointed by President Hoover on June
17, 1931, and served until his death, while on a visit, in Lyndon,
Ky., September 16, 1932; interment in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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