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Julian Dixon
Chair of the House Ethics Committee
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1991
Preceded byLouis Stokes
Succeeded byLouis Stokes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California
In office
January 3, 1979 – December 8, 2000
Preceded byYvonne Brathwaite Burke
Succeeded byDiane Watson
Constituency28th district (1979–1993)
32nd district (1993–2000)
Member of the California State Assembly
In office
January 8, 1973 – November 30, 1978
Preceded byYvonne Brathwaite Burke
Succeeded byGwen Moore
Constituency63rd district (1973–1974)
49th district (1974–1978)
Personal details
BornJulian Carey Dixon
(1934-08-08)August 8, 1934
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedDecember 8, 2000(2000-12-08) (aged 66)
Marina del Rey, California, U.S.
Resting placeInglewood Park Cemetery
PartyDemocratic
SpouseBettye Lee
Children1
EducationCalifornia State University, Los Angeles (BS)
Southwestern University (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service
1957–1960
RankSergeant

Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American Democratic politician from California who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 and then a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until his death. He chaired the House Ethics Committee from 1985 to 1991. Since his death in 2000, he has been the last Black American man to represent the State of California in Congress.

Biography

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A member of the aristocratic Syphax family, Dixon was born in Washington D.C. and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He attended Dorsey High School, and graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1962.[1]

He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in 1972, and served in that body for three terms.

Congress

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Dixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978. In 1983 he joined with 7 other Congressional Representatives to sponsor a resolution to impeach Ronald Reagan over his sudden and unexpected invasion of Grenada.[2] He chaired the rules committee at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the ethics probe into Speaker Jim Wright. Dixon won re-election to the 107th United States Congress, but died at a hospital in Marina Del Rey, California on December 8, 2000, aged 66, following a heart attack.[3]

Legacy

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The busy 7th Street / Metro Center / Julian Dixon transfer station for the A Line, B Line, D Line, and E Line in downtown Los Angeles is named after Dixon, with a plaque commemorating his role in obtaining the federal funding that enabled construction of the Metro Rail system.[4] His alma mater, Southwestern University School of Law, in 2004 opened the Julian C. Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center in the former Bullocks Wilshire building. The Culver City branch of the Los Angeles County Library is also named in his honor, Culver City Julian Dixon Library.

The third revised edition of Black Americans in Congress 1870-2007 (House Document 108-224, Serial Set v.14904) is dedicated to the memory of Dixon. Remarks requesting this were made by several of his colleagues March 21, 2001 on the House floor during consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 43 of the 107th Congress which ordered the printing of the revised edition.[5]

Dixon was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

Electoral history

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Julian Dixon electoral history
1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon 97,592 100.0
Democratic hold
1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 108,725 79.2
Republican Robert Reid 23,179 16.9
Libertarian Ernst F. Ghermann 5,400 3.9
Total votes 137,304 100.0
Democratic hold
1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 103,469 78.9
Republican David Goerz 24,473 18.7
Libertarian David W. Meleney 3,210 2.4
Total votes 131,152 100.0
Democratic hold
1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 113,076 75.6
Republican Beatrice M. Jett 33,511 22.4
Libertarian Don Swemgimurti Federick 2,930 2.0
Total votes 149,517 100.0
Democratic hold
1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 92,635 76.4
Republican George Zaldivar Adams 25,858 21.3
Libertarian Howard Johnson 2,837 2.3
Total votes 121,330 100.0
Democratic hold
1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 109,801 76.2
Republican George Zaldivar Adams 28,645 19.8
Libertarian Howard Johnson 3,080 2.1
Peace and Freedom Salomea Honigsfeld 2,811 1.9
Total votes 144,337 100.0
Democratic hold
1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 69,482 72.8
Republican George Zaldivar Adams 21,245 22.2
Peace and Freedom William R. Williams II 2,723 2.8
Libertarian Robert G. "Bob" Weber Jr. 2,150 2.2
Total votes 95,600 100.0
Democratic hold
1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 150,644 87.2
Libertarian Robert G. "Bob" Weber Jr. 12,834 7.2
Peace and Freedom William R. Williams II 9,782 5.6
Independent Leanick-Beltran (write-in) 2 0.0
Total votes 173,262 100.0
Democratic hold
1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 98,017 77.6
Republican Ernie A. Farhat 22,190 17.6
Peace and Freedom John Honigsfeld 6,099 4.8
Total votes 126,306 100.0
Democratic hold
1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 124,712 82.4
Republican Larry Ardito 18,768 12.4
Libertarian Neal Donner 6,390 4.2
Natural Law Rashied Jibri 1,557 1.0
Total votes 151,427 100.0
Democratic hold
1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 112,253 86.7
Republican Laurence Ardito 14,622 11.3
Libertarian Velko Milosevich 2,617 2.0
Total votes 129,492 100.0
Democratic hold
2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon (Incumbent) 137,447 83.6
Republican Kathy Williamson 19,924 12.2
Libertarian Bob Weber 3,875 2.3
Natural Law Rashied Jibri 3,281 1.9
Total votes 164,527 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Simon, Richard; Anderson, Nick (Dec 9, 2000). "Julian Dixon, 66, Dies After Surgery in L.A.". Los Angeles Times. After graduating from Dorsey High School, he served in the Army.
  2. ↑ John Nichols (2016). "The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism". The New Press. ISBN 9781595587350. Retrieved 2021-01-23.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  3. ↑ Simon, Richard; Anderson, Nick (December 9, 2000). "Respected lawmaker Julian Dixon dies". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ Jager, Rick (August 2, 2001). "MTA Unveils Plaque Honoring Late Congressman Julian Dixon" (PDF). MyMetro (employee news digest) – via Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.
  5. ↑ Congressional Record [bound edition] v.147 pt.3, pp.4107-4112
  6. ↑ "1978 election results" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "1980 election results" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "1982 election results" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "1984 election results" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "1986 election results" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "1988 election results" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "1990 election results" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "1992 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  14. ↑ "1994 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ "1996 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  16. ↑ "1998 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  17. ↑ "2000 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
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