Nathan F. Dixon III

Nathan Fellows Dixon III
United States Senator from Rhode Island
In office April 10, 1889 – March 4, 1895
Preceded by	Jonathan Chace
Succeeded by	George P. Wetmore
Personal details
Born	August 28, 1847(1847-08-28) Westerly, Rhode Island
Died	November 8, 1897(1897-11-08) (aged 50) Westerly, Rhode Island
Political party	Republican

Nathan Fellows Dixon, III (August 28, 1847 – November 8, 1897) was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Westerly, he attended the common schools of Westerly and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1869 and from Albany Law School (Albany, New York) in 1871; he was admitted to the bar that year and commenced practice in Westerly. From 1877 to 1885 he was United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.

Dixon was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Chace and served from February 12 to March 4, 1885; he was not a candidate for renomination. Dixon was a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1885 to 1889, and was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Chace and served from April 10, 1889, to March 4, 1895; he was not a candidate for reelection. While in Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-second Congress). He resumed the practice of law and engaged in banking, and died in Westerly in 1897; interment was in River Bend Cemetery.

Nathan Fellows Dixon, III was the son of Nathan Fellows Dixon and a grandson of Nathan Fellows Dixon, a U.S. Senator and Representative, respectively, from Rhode Island.

References

• Nathan F. Dixon III at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Rhode Island portal

• Nathan F. Dixon III at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Jonathan Chace	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district 1885	Succeeded by William Almy Price
United States Senate
Preceded by Jonathan Chace	United States Senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island 1889–1895 Served alongside: Nelson W. Aldrich	Succeeded by George P. Wetmore

Persondata
Name	Dixon, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 28, 1847
Place of birth	Westerly, Rhode Island
Date of death	November 8, 1897
Place of death	Westerly, Rhode Island