Jay W. 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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| Born |
Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. December 14, 1939 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 20, 2017 (aged 77) Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Clark (div 1987) |
| Children | John, Laura, Ted, and Rachel |
| Education | Pine Bluff High School |
| Alma mater |
Hendrix College University of Arkansas at Fayetteville University of Arkansas School of Law |
Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017), was a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas' 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. The amendment known as the Dickey Amendment (1996) blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from funding injury prevention research that might promote gun control, and the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (1995) prohibits federal funds to be spent on research that involves the destruction of a human embryo. After the 2012 Aurora shooting, former congressman Dickey said that he regretted his role in blocking the CDC from researching gun violence.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Dickey graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1957; after attending Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1961 from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. In 1963, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law. 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.
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