In office January 10, 1949 (1949-01-10) – January 12, 1953 (1953-01-12)
Governor
Adlai Stevenson II
Preceded by
Hugh W. Cross
Succeeded by
John William Chapman
Personal details
Born
John Sherwood Dixon
(1896-06-19)June 19, 1896 Dixon, Illinois, U.S.
Died
May 17, 1973(1973-05-17) (aged 76) Dixon, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Helen Cahill
(m. 1933)
Children
5 sons, 2 daughters
Education
University of Notre Dame (BA)(JD)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1917–1951
Rank
Brigadier General
Unit
332nd Infantry Regiment 129th Infantry Regiment 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Battles/wars
World War I * Battle of Vittorio-Veneto World War II
Awards
Silver Star
John Sherwood Dixon (better known as Sherwood Dixon) (June 19, 1896 – May 17, 1973) was an American politician from Illinois, a member of the Democratic Party.
Sherwood Dixon was born in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, the son of Henry S. and Margaret Casey Dixon. He was the great-grandson of the founder of Dixon, "Father" John Dixon. Dixon was a 1920 graduate of the University of Notre Dame,[1] a veteran of World War I and a brigadier general in the Illinois National Guard. Dixon was a member of the Illinois Democratic State Central Committee (1938), a delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention and an alternate delegate to the 1940 and 1956 Democratic national conventions.
He is best known for serving as the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, under Governor Adlai Stevenson II, from January 10, 1949, to January 13, 1953.
Governor Stevenson sought re-election in 1952, and won the Democratic primary, however he was subsequently drafted as the Democratic presidential nominee that year (losing ultimately to Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower). Dixon, who was already serving as Lieutenant Governor, replaced Stevenson as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, but went on to lose to the Republican nominee, State Treasurer William G. Stratton.
Dixon died in his hometown of the same name in 1973 and is interred in Oakwood Cemetery there.
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