17 Facts About Sherwood Dixon

John Sherwood Dixon was an American politician from Illinois, a member of the Democratic Party.

Sherwood Dixon was born in Dixon, Illinois, the son of Henry S and Margaret Casey Dixon.

Sherwood Dixon was the great-grandson of the founder of Dixon, "Father" John Dixon.

Sherwood Dixon was a member of the Illinois Democratic State Central Committee, a delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention and an alternate delegate to the 1940 and 1956 Democratic national conventions.

Sherwood Dixon 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.

However, when Stevenson was drafted at the Democratic National Convention into running as the Democratic presidential nominee that year, Dixon replaced him as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.

Sherwood Dixon died in his hometown in 1973 and is interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Sherwood Dixon was a student at Notre Dame from 1915 to 1917, as WWI was in full bloom.

Sergeant Sherwood Dixon's squad was one of the point squads of the 2nd battalion's attack across the Tagliamento River.

Sherwood Dixon completed the exam under the supervision of his company commander and returned the application which he subsequently passed.

Back in his hometown, Sherwood Dixon would meet Helen Cahill, the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Cahill.

Sherwood Dixon served as president of the local school board and later served on various Democratic central committees to include both Lee County, and at the State level for Illinois.

In early 1941, now Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Dixon commanded in the 129th Infantry Regiment as part of the 33rd Infantry Division of the Illinois National Guard when it was called to active duty.

Again, Sherwood Dixon would be unable to deploy with the unit he trained, nurtured and mentored for the past year due to his age.

Sherwood Dixon moved the now growing family of seven from southwest Mississippi to Alexandria, Virginia where he worked for the remainder of the war.

Sherwood Dixon would maintain correspondence with his former Soldiers as they fought in Italy, Southern France and into Germany.

Stevenson and Dixon mimicked the "whistle stop" tactic employed that year by the Democratic presidential nominee Harry S Truman.