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{{Short description|American politician (1934–2000)}}{{more citations needed|date=March 2013}}

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California’s 32nd congressional district>32nd district {{small|(1993–2000)}}|office2 = Member of the California State AssemblyCalifornia’s 63rd State Assembly district>63rd district (1973–1974)49th district (1974–1978)|term_start2 = January 8, 1973|term_end2 = November 30, 1978|predecessor2 = Yvonne Brathwaite BurkeGwen Moore (California politician)>Gwen Moore|birth_name = Julian Carey Dixon19348}}|birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.200088|8}}|death_place = Marina del Rey, California, U.S.|restingplace = Inglewood Park CemeteryDemocratic Party (United States)>Democratic|spouse = Bettye Lee|children = 1California State University, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Science>BS)Southwestern Law School (Bachelor of Laws>LLB)United States}}United States}}|serviceyears = 1957–1960|rank = Sergeant}}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.

Biography

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.NEWS, 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., He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in 1972, and served in that body for three terms. 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. 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.NEWS,articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/09/local/me-64611, Respected lawmaker Julian Dixon dies, Los Angeles Times, Richard, Simon, Nick, Anderson, December 9, 2000, 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.WEB, Jager, Rick, August 2, 2001, MTA Unveils Plaque Honoring Late Congressman Julian Dixon,libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/employeenews/mymetro/20010802-dixon-plaque.pdf, MyMetro (employee news digest), Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive, 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.Congressional Record [bound edition] v.147 pt.3, pp.4107-4112Dixon was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

See also

• Hal Bernson, Los Angeles City Council member, 1979–2003, received first Julian C. Dixon Award for public service
• List of African-American United States representatives
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (2000–)2000s

References

External links

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• swlaw.edu/campus/dixon" title="archive.today/20121215024223swlaw.edu/campus/dixon">Julian C. Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center
• {{Find a Grave|6812301}}
• {{C-SPAN|2774}}
• Join California Julian C. Dixon

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