Joseph M. Dixon

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Joseph Moore Dixon (b. July 31, 1867 d. May 22, 1934) was a politician from Montana. He served as a Representative, Senator, and governor from Montana.

Dixon was born in Snow Camp, North Carolina, attended Earlham College, in Richmond, Indiana, and graduated from Guilford College, North Carolina, in 1889. He moved to Missoula, Montana in 1891; studied law and admitted to the bar in 1892. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Missoula County from 1893 to 1895 and prosecuting attorney from 1895 to 1897. He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1900. Dixon was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907). In 1906 he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1912. That year, he was the chairman of the National Progressive Convention.

Dixon served as Governor of Montana from 1921-1925. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1924 and had unsuccessful Senate campaign in 1928. He died in Missoula, Montana.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Preceded by Sam V. Stewart

Governor of Montana 1921-1925

Succeeded by John Edward Erickson

Governors of Montana
Toole • Rickards • Smith • Toole • Norris • Stewart • Dixon • Erickson • Cooney • Holt • Ayers • Ford • Bonner • Aronson • Nutter • Babcock • Anderson • Judge • Schwinden • Stephens • Racicot • Martz • Schweitzer