William A. Dickson

William Alexander Dickson (July 20, 1861 - February 25, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born in Centreville, Mississippi, Dickson attended private and public schools, Pleasant Grove School, Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana, and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He studied law but did not practice. Supervisor 1886-1888.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1887-1893. School commissioner of Wilkinson County.He served as member of the board of trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Starkville, Mississippi, and of Edward Magehee College, Woodville, Mississippi, for five years.

Dickson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913).He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Dickson was elected supervisor of the third district of Wilkinson County and superintendent of its highways in 1927.He died in Centreville, Mississippi, February 25, 1940.He was interred in Oaklawn Cemetery.

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