William A. Dickson

William Alexander Dickson ( born July 20, 1861 in Centreville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, † February 25, 1940 ) was an American politician. Between 1909 and 1913 he represented the sixth electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Dickson attended both public and private schools. These included the Pleasant Grove School, Centenary College in Jackson (Louisiana ) and the Vanderbilt University in Nashville (Tennessee). Despite a law degree Dickson has never worked as a lawyer. After his studies he started to work in agriculture.

Politically, Dickson joined the Democratic Party. Between 1887 and 1893 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Mississippi. At that time he was among other things, in the Wilkinson County School Board and curator of the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Starkville. 1908 Dickson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he replaced on March 4, 1909 Frank A. McLain. After a re-election in 1910, he could remain until March 3, 1913 at the Congress.

After the end of his time in the federal capital, Dickson committed himself again to his private interests, in this case mainly agricultural. He later became Head of Administration (Supervisor ) of the third district, in Wilkinson County. There he was responsible for the road administration in 1927. Dickson died in February 1940 in his birthplace of Centreville and was also buried there.