Nathan Fellows Dixon was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.
Education
Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, he attended Plainfield Academy and graduated from the College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the former name of Brown University) at Providence in 1799. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in New London County, Connecticut.
Career
He moved to Westerly, Rhode Island in 1802 and continued the practice of law, and also engaged in banking, serving as president of the Washington bank of Westerly from 1829 until his death. He was elected as a Whig to the United States. Senate and served from March 4, 1839 until his death in Washington, District of Columbia in 1842. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-seventh Congress).
Interment in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island.
Membership
Dixon was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1813 and 1830, and served as a colonel in the state militia.