Joseph E. Dillon

{{Short description|American politician (1921–1990)}} {{redirect|Joseph Dillon|the American soccer player|Joey Dillon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph E. Dillon | image = | caption = | order = 44th Mayor of Saint Paul | term_start = 1954 | term_end = 1960 | predecessor = John E. Daubney | successor = George J. Vavoulis | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|3|18}} | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|4|17|1921|3|18}} | death_place = Potomac, Maryland, U.S. | constituency = Saint Paul, Minnesota | party = Democratic-Farmer-Labor | spouse = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | footnotes = }}

'''Joseph E. Dillon''' (March 18, 1921 – April 17, 1990) was the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1954 to 1960. During his tenure, in 1955, Saint Paul and Nagasaki became the first sister city pairing of an Asian city and an American city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stpaulnagasaki.org/history/40th-anniversary/ |title=40th Anniversary |publisher=Saint Paul–Nagasaki Sister City Committee |accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> A friend of Hubert Humphrey, Dillon campaigned for Humphrey during his 1960 presidential campaign.<ref name=wv>{{cite news |last=Brennan |first=James |date=26 April 1960 |title=Humphrey to Open Area Drive Today |url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/1960presidentialcampaign/newspapers/19600426wheelingintelligencer.html |newspaper=Wheeling Intelligencer |publisher=West Virginia Division of Culture and History |accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Obituaries|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34741384/obituary_for_dillon_joseph_e_aged_69/|newspaper=Star Tribune|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota|page=32|date=April 19, 1990|accessdate=August 9, 2019}}</ref>

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