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James Dixon

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Born: August 5, 1814

Birthplace: Enfield, Connecticut

Father: William Dixon 1778 – 1839
(Buried: Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Connecticut)​

Mother: Mary Reynolds Field 1771 – 1845
(Buried: Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Connecticut)​

Wife: Elizabeth Lord Cogswell 1820 – 1871
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)​

Children:

Captain James Wyllys Dixon 1846 – 1917​
(Buried: Flushing Cemetery Flushing, New York)​
Henry Whitfield Dixon 1850 – 1932​
(Buried: Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, New York)​
Political Party: Whig Party, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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Education:


1834: Graduated from Williams College​

Occupation before War:

1834 – 1839: Attorney in Enfield, Connecticut​
1837 – 1838: Connecticut State Representative​
1837: Speaker of Connecticut State House of Representatives​
1839 – 1845: Attorney in Hartford, Connecticut​
1844: Connecticut State Representative​
1845 – 1849: United States Congressman from Connecticut​
1845 – 1849: Member of House Judiciary Committee​
1847 – 1849: Member of House State Department Expenditures Committee​
1849 – 1857: Attorney in Hartford, Connecticut​
1854: Connecticut State Representative​
1857 – 1869: United States Senator from Connecticut​
1857 – 1861: Member of Senate Audit and Control of Expenses Committee​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1865: Chairman of Senate and Audit and Control of Expenses​

Occupation after War:

1868: Opposed the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson​
1868: Supporter of Horatio Seymour Presidential Campaign​
1868: Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress​
1869: Appointed and Declined United States Minister to Russia​
1869 – 1873: Traveled and engaged in literary activities​

Died: March 27, 1873

Place of Death: Hartford, Connecticut

Cause of Death: Heart Disease

Age at time of Death: 58 years old

Burial Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut

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I can find no details for either of these statements but he was said to be "feared by many Radical Republicans for his influence over Lincoln." And he was associated with William Seward, Montgomery Blair, and Thurlow Weed but was despised by such radicals as Zachariah Chandler."
 
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