Joseph M. Dixon (July 31, 1867 - May 22, 1934) was a politician from Montana. He served as a Representative and a Senator, and governor from Montana. He 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; admitted to the bar in 1892; assistant prosecuting attorney of Missoula County 1893-1895; prosecuting attorney 1895-1897; He served as member of the state house of representatives 1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1906 and served from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912;
He was the chairman of the National Progressive Convention in 1912;
Dixon served as Governor of Montana 1921-1925; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1928. He died at Missoula, Montana.
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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