Julian C. Dixon

Julian C. Dixon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 28th and 32nd district
In office
January 3, 1979 – December 8, 2000
Preceded by Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Succeeded by Diane Watson
Personal details
Born August 8, 1934
Washington, D.C.
Died December 8, 2000(2000-12-08) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California
Political party Democratic

Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American politician from the state of California.

Dixon was born in Washington D.C. and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1962. He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in 1972, and served in that body for three terms. Dixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978. He chaired the rules committee at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the ethics probe into Speaker Jim Wright. Dixon won re-election to the 107th United States Congress, but died of a heart attack in December 2000.

The busy 7th St/Metro Center transfer station for the Red Line, Purple Line, and Blue Line in downtown Los Angeles is named after Dixon, with a plaque commemorating his role in obtaining the federal funding that enabled construction of the Metro Rail system. His alma mater, Southwestern University School of Law, in 2004 opened the Julian C. Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center in the famed Bullocks Wilshire building. The Culver City branch of the Los Angeles County Library is also named in his honor.

The third revised edition of Black Americans in Congress 1870-2007 (House Document 108-224, Serial Set v.14904) is dedicated to the memory of Dixon. Remarks requesting this were made by several of his colleagues March 21, 2001 on the House floor during consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 43 of the 107th Congress which ordered the printing of the revised edition.[1]

Dixon was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California.

See also

References

  1. ^ Congressional Record [bound edition] v.147 pt.3, pp.4107-4112

External links

California Assembly
Preceded by
Yvonne Brathwaite
California State Assemblyman, 63rd District
1973-1974
Succeeded by
Robert M. McLennan
Preceded by
William H. Lancaster
California State Assemblyman, 49th District
1974-1978
Succeeded by
Gwen A. Moore
Political offices
Preceded by
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Chairman of House Ethics Committee
1985–1991
Succeeded by
Louis Stokes
Ohio
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 28th congressional district

1979–1993
Succeeded by
David Dreier
Preceded by
Glenn M. Anderson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 32nd congressional district

1993–2000
Succeeded by
Diane Watson