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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| caption = Leaving [[White House]], March 7, 1938.
| state= [[Ohio]]
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▲{{Other persons|Joseph Dixon}}
▲<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000371. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Joseph Andrew Dixon''' (June 3, 1879 - July 4, 1942) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Ohio]].
 
==Early life and career==
Born in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], Dixon attended St. Patrick's School, [[Hughes Center High School|Hughes High School]], and [[Xavier University (Cincinnati)|Xavier University]] in Cincinnati. He served as clerk in a mercantile store 1893-1900. He engaged in retail clothing business in [[Anderson, Indiana]], [[Hartford City, Indiana]], and Cincinnati. He was also wasa manager and owner of amateur and professional baseball teams. <!--and A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Activeactive in young men's welfare work.
 
==Congress ==
Dixon was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth]] Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939).
[[image:Group of Legislators ask president for flood control dollars.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Group of legislators leaves [[White House]] after asking [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for $80,000,000 for flood control in [[Ohio Valley]], March 7, 1938. front: l-r Joseph A. Dixon, [[James G. Polk]], '''Eugene B. Crowe''', [[George William Johnson (congressman)|G W Johnson]], [[Lawrence E. Imhoff]], rear l-r : [[Peter J. De Muth]], [[Kent E. Keller]], [[Brent Spence]].]]
Dixon was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth]] Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the [[76th United States Congress|Seventy-sixth]] Congress and for election in 1940 to the [[77th United States Congress|Seventy-seventh]] Congress.
He resumed his former business pursuits in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], until his death there on July 4, 1942.▼
He was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
 
==Later career and death ==
==Source==
▲He resumed his former business pursuits in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], until his death there on July 4, 1942. He was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
 
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| DATE OF BIRTH = June 3, 1879
| before=[[John B. Hollister]]
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| after=[[Charles H. Elston]]
| DATE OF DEATH = July 4, 1942
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