Dixon, W. W. (William Wirt), 1838-1910

LC control no.	n 99270539
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dixon, W. W. (William Wirt), 1838-1910 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Dixon, William Wirt, 1838-1910
Associated country	United States
Located	Illinois Keokuk (Iowa) Tennessee Arkansas California Humboldt County (Nev.) Helena (Mont.) Deer Lodge (Mont.) Butte (Mont.)
Birth date	1838-06-03
Death date	1910-11-13
Place of birth	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of death	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Legislator
Found in	NUCMC data from Montana Hist. Soc. for His Papers, 1874-1912 (W.W. (William Wirt) Dixon; b. 1838; d. 1910; U.S. representative (1891-1893) from Deer Lodge and Butte, Mont.) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Oct. 2, 2017 (DIXON, William Wirt, a Representative from Montana; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 3, 1838; moved to Illinois in 1843 and to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1849; pursued preparatory studies; studied law in Keokuk and was admitted to the bar in 1858; moved to Tennessee in 1860, in the same year to Arkansas, then to California in 1862, and thence to Humboldt County, Nev.; in 1866 moved to Montana and resided in Helena and later in Deer Lodge until 1879; member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1871 and 1872; spent two years in the Black Hills; returned to Montana in 1881, settled in Butte, and engaged in the practice of law; delegate to the constitutional conventions of Montana in 1884 and 1889; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (Mar. 4, 1891-Mar. 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-third Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; candidate for election to the United States Senate, but the legislature failed to make a choice; died in Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 13, 1910; interment in Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., Mar. 15, 1911)