James Dixon
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United States Senator from Connecticut |
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In office March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1869 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Toucey |
| Succeeded by | William A. Buckingham |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas H. Seymour |
| Succeeded by | Loren P. Waldo |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
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In office 1837-1838 1844 |
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| Born | August 5, 1814 Enfield, Connecticut, US |
| Died | March 27, 1873 (aged 58) Hartford, Connecticut, US |
| Political party | Whig, Republican, Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Lord Cogswell Dixon (1820 - 1871) |
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James Wyllys Dixon (1846 - 1917) Henry Whitfield Dixon (1850 - 1932) |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
James Wyllys Dixon (1846 - 1917)
James Dixon (August 5, 1814 – March 27, 1873) was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.
Dixon, son of William & Mary (Field) Dixon, was born August 5, 1814 in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834, where he had been a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Enfield.
Dixon was a member of the Connecticut 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 married Elizabeth Lord Cogswell on October 1, 1840. They had two sons,James Wyllys Dixon and Henry Whitfield Dixon.
Dixon was elected as a representative of Connecticut's 1st District, as a Whig to the House, serving during the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 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 Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1856, and reelected in 1863, serving from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869.
On 16 December 1861, Lyman Trumbull asked the Senate to consider his resolution: "That the Secretary of State be directed to inform the Senate whether, in the loyal States of the Union, any person or persons have been arrested and imprisoned and are now held in confinement by orders from him or his Department; and if so, under what law said arrests have been made, and said persons imprisoned." Dixon, supporting repression, said of the resolution: “it seems to me calculated to produce nothing but mischief”.
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