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Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois secretary of state from 1977 to 1981 and as a U.S. senator from 1981 until 1993.
Jul 8, 2014 · Alan J. Dixon, a two-term United States senator from Illinois in the 1980s and early ’90s who was known for keen attention to constituents’ needs and an old-fashioned glad-handing style that won...
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was a Democratic politician who was elected to various Illinois state offices from 1951 to 1981 and served as United States Senator from Illinois from 1981 until 1993.
Jul 6, 2014 · Alan J. Dixon, a two-term Democratic senator from Illinois and long-time figure in Illinois politics, died today. According to a report in the Belleville News-Democrat, Mr. Dixon had had heart problems for the past two years and had recently been in Barnes-Jewish hospital.
Jul 6, 2014 · Updated 7:45 p.m. | Former Illinois Sen. Alan J. Dixon died Sunday at his home in Fairview Heights, his family said. The current senior senator from his home state, Majority Whip Richard J....
Jul 6, 2014 · Former U.S. senator Alan Dixon, an Illinois Democrat whose career in national and state politics spanned more than 40 consecutive years in public office, died July 6 at his home in Fairview...
Jul 7, 2014 · Dixon, a Democrat, also served in the Illinois House of Representatives and the State Senate, as well as state treasurer and secretary of state before he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980....
