Background
Dixon, Sherwood was born on June 19, 1896 in Dixon, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry S. and Margaret (Casey) Dixon.
Dixon, Sherwood was born on June 19, 1896 in Dixon, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry S. and Margaret (Casey) Dixon.
Bachelor of Laws, University Notre Dame, 1920.
Born in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, Dixon was a veteran of World War I and the Illinois National Guard. 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. Dixon replaced Stevenson as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee and 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.
Member Dixon, Dixon & Wynne. Lieutenant governor Illinois, 1948-1952. Served as sergeant, American Expeditionary Force, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Member American and Illinois bar associations, American Legion, Veterans Foreign Wars, Knights of Columbus, Elk.
Married Helen Cahill, July 1933. Children: Henry, Mary, William, Louise, James, Patrick, David.