John Adams Dix
Born: July 24, 1798
Birthplace: Boscawen, New Hampshire
Father: Lt. Colonel Timothy Dix Jr. 1770 – 1813
(Buried: Military Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, New York)
Mother: Abigail Wilkins 1772 – 1808
(Buried: Plains Cemetery, Boscawen, New Hampshire)
Wife: Catherine Morgan 1802 – 1884
(Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York)
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Children:
Morgan Dix 1827 – 1908
(Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York)
Baldwin Dix 1829 – 1852
(Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York)
Colonel John Wilkins Dix 1832 – 1877
(Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York)
Charles Temple Dix 1838 – 1872
(Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York)
Annie Maria Dix 1847 – 1847
(Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York)
Occupation before War:
1812 – 1828: Served in United States Army, rising to Captain
Attorney in Cooperstown and Albany, New York
1831 – 1833: New York State Adjutant General
1833 – 1839: New York State Secretary of State
1842: Member of New York State Assembly
1845 – 1849: United States Senator from New York
1845 – 1847: Senate Chairman of the Committee on Pensions
1845 – 1849: Senate Chairman of the Committee on Commerce
1848: Unsuccessful Free – Soil Candidate for Governor of New York
1853: United States Assistant Treasurer at New York
1860 – 1861: United States Postmaster General
1861: Secretary of U.S. Treasury Department
Civil War Career:
1861: Major General of New York State Militia
1861: Organizer of Union Defense Committee
1861 – 1865: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers
1861: Union Army Commander of Department of Maryland
1861: Arrested Six Members of the Maryland State Assembly
1861: Union Army Commander of Department of Pennsylvania
1861 – 1862: Commander of “Dix’s” Command, Army of the Potomac
1862 – 1863: Union Army Commander, Department of Virginia
1862: Concluded an exchange agreement with Daniel Harvey Hill
1863 – 1865: Union Army Commander, Department of the East
1863: Distinguished himself in Suppression of New York Draft Riots
Occupation after War:
1866: Chairman of National Union Convention
1866 – 1869: United States Minister to France
1873 – 1874: Governor of New York
1876: Unsuccessful Candidate for Mayor of New York City, New York
Died: April 21, 1879
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Chronic Cystitis and uremia
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York
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