Jay Dickey
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Beryl Anthony, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Mike Ross |
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Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. December 14, 1939 Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Political party | Republican |
Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. (born December 14, 1939) is a former U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2001. Both the Dickey Amendment (1996), which blocks CDC funds to be used for injury prevention research that might advocate or promote gun control, and the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (1995), which prohibits federal funds to be spent on research that involves the destruction of a human embryo, are named for him. After the 2012 Aurora shooting, former congressman Dickey said that he regrets his role in blocking the CDC from researching gun violence.
Dickey, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1957; after attending Hendrix College, he got his B.A. (1961) and his J.D. (1963) from the University of Arkansas. He began his career in law in private practice, and later served as city attorney of Pine Bluff from 1968 to 1970.
In 1988 then-Governor Bill Clinton appointed Dickey as a special justice for a case before the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Dickey, beating Secretary of State William J. "Bill" McCuen, described as a "scandal-plagued Democratic nominee", was elected United States Representative for the Fourth District of Arkansas—the first Republican to be elected to the seat—on November 3, 1992. He was re-elected three times, and served on the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, and five of its subcommittees:Agriculture, National Security, Energy and Water, Transportation and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
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