Henry Aldous Dixon

{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people|Henry Dixon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Aldous Dixon | image = HAldousDixon.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|06|29}} | birth_place = [[Provo, Utah|Provo]], [[Utah Territory]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|01|22|1890|06|29}} | death_place = [[Ogden, Utah]], U.S. | state = [[Utah]] | district = [[Utah's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term_start = January 3, 1955 | term_end = January 3, 1961 | birth_name = Henry Aldous Dixon | preceded = [[Douglas R. Stringfellow]] | succeeded = [[M. Blaine Peterson]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | occupation = College President | alma_mater = [[Brigham Young University]]<br>[[University of Chicago]]<br>[[University of Southern California]] | resting_place = Washington Heights Memorial Park }}

'''Henry Aldous Dixon''' (June 29, 1890 – January 22, 1967) was an American businessman and academic administrator who served three terms as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Utah]] from 1955 to 1961.

He was also the president of first [[Weber College]] and later [[Utah State Agricultural College]].

==Biography== Born in [[Provo, Utah|Provo]] in the [[Utah Territory]], Dixon attended the public schools until high school, when he attended private [[Brigham Young High School]], from which he graduated in 1909. He graduated from [[Brigham Young University]], [[Provo, Utah]], in 1914, from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1917, and from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1937.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000368 |title=Dixon, Henry Aldous, (1890 - 1967) |publisher=[[Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress]]}}</ref>

=== Academic career === Dixon was an instructor at Weber College, which later became [[Weber State University]], from 1914 to 1918, and served as the college's president twice, in 1919–1920 and 1937–1953. Between these presidential terms, he served as [[Superintendent (education)|superintendent]] of Provo city schools from 1920–1924 and again in 1932-1937. Between these two terms as superintendent, from 1924 to 1932, Dixon was managing vice president of Farmers and Merchants Bank.<ref name=bio/><ref>Could this be the [[Farmers and Merchants Bank (Nampa, Idaho)]]?</ref> During his second term as president of Weber College, he was a member of the [[President's Commission on Higher Education]] (1946–1948), a member of the board of directors of Salt Lake Branch of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco]] (1945–1951), and director of the [[Association of Junior Colleges]] (1950–1954).

After heading Weber College, he became president of Utah State Agricultural College (which later became [[Utah State University]]) at [[Logan, Utah]] from August 1953 to December 1954.

=== Congress === In 1954, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] 1st District Congressman [[Douglas R. Stringfellow]] was forced to retire from Congress after only one term after it emerged he had lied about both his service record in [[World War II]] and his educational history. Dixon was asked to replace Stringfellow on the ballot only 16 days before the election and won. He served in the [[84th United States Congress|Eighty-fourth]], [[85th United States Congress|Eighty-fifth]], and [[86th United States Congress|Eighty-sixth]] Congresses (January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961). He did not seek renomination in 1960.

Dixon voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|Civil Rights Acts of 1957]] and [[Civil Rights Act of 1960|1960]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h102|title=HR 8601. PASSAGE.}}</ref>

===Later activities=== Dixon taught at [[Brigham Young University]], his alma mater, until 1965.

=== Death and burial === He died in [[Ogden, Utah]], January 22, 1967 and was interred in Washington Heights Memorial Park.

== Election history == {{Election box begin no change | title= [[1954 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1954election.pdf|title=1954 Election Results}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Henry Aldous Dixon | votes = 55,542 | percentage = 53.37 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Walter K. Granger]] | votes = 48,535 | percentage = 46.63 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 104,077 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{End}} {{Election box begin no change | title= [[1956 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf|title=1956 Election Results}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Henry Aldous Dixon (Incumbent) | votes = 74,107 | percentage = 60.92 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Carlyle F. Gronning | votes = 47,533 | percentage = 39.08 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 121,640 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{End}} {{Election box begin no change | title= [[1958 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1958election.pdf|title=1958 Election Results}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Henry Aldous Dixon (Incumbent) | votes = 58,141 | percentage = 53.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[M. Blaine Peterson]] | votes = 49,735 | percentage = 46.10 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 107,876 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{End}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== {{CongBio|D000368}}

==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Henry Aldous Dixon |sopt=t}}

{{s-start}} {{s-aca}} {{succession box | title= [[President of Weber Normal College]] | years= 1919–1920 | before= [[Owen F. Beal]] | after= [[Joel E. Ricks]] |}} {{succession box | title= [[President of Weber College]] | years= 1937–1953 | before= [[Leland W. Creer]] | after= [[William P. Miller (college president)|William P. Miller]] |}} {{succession box | title= [[President of Utah State Agricultural College]] | years= 1953–1954 | before= [[Louis Linden Madsen]] | after= [[Daryl Chase]] |}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Utah | district=1 | before=[[Douglas R. Stringfellow]] | after=[[M. Blaine Peterson]] | years=1955–1961 }} {{s-end}}

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