Background
Dickson, William Alexander was born on July 20, 1861 in Centreville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Nolan and Annie (Winnans) Dickson.
William Alexander Dickson
July 20, 1861 Centreville, Mississippi, United States
Farmer; member Mississippi House of Representatives, 1888-1892. Democratic presidential elector, 1904. Member 61st and 62d Congresses (1909-1913), 7th Mississippi District Trustee Agricultural and Mech. College of Mississippi, Edward Maghee College, Woodville, Mississippi.
William Alexander Dickson Edit Profile
William Alexander Dickson, American congressman. member Mississippi House of Representatives, 1888-1892; member 61st and 62d Congresses (1909-1913), 7th Mississippi District Trustee Agricultural and Mech. College of Mississippi, Edward Maghee College, Woodville, Mississippi; Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Education
Educated Pleasant Grove School, Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana, and Vanderbilt University (left in senior year on account of ill health).
Career
Farmer; member Mississippi House of Representatives, 1888-1892. Democratic presidential elector, 1904. Member 61st and 62d Congresses (1909-1913), 7th Mississippi District Trustee Agricultural and Mech.
College of Mississippi, Edward Maghee College, Woodville, Mississippi.
Politics
Church should be involved into political life by organizing delegations to party conferences.
Views
Membership
Member Mississippi House of Representatives, 1888-1892. Member 61st and 62d Congresses (1909-1913), 7th Mississippi District Trustee Agricultural and Mech. College of Mississippi, Edward Maghee College, Woodville, Mississippi.
Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Connections
Married Lucy Bailey Hampton of Hampton Station, Tennessee, December 12, 1888.
