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Preceded by
  
J. W. Robinson

Profession
  
Lawyer

Party
  
Preceded by
  
Reva B. Bosone

Name
  
William Dawson

Succeeded by
  
Political party
  
Role
  
U.S. representative

Resigned
  
January 3, 1959

Alma mater
  
University of Utah

Education
  


Born
  
November 5, 1903Layton, Utah (
1903-11-05
)

Died
  
November 7, 1981, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

William Adams Dawson (November 5, 1903 – November 7, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.

Born in Layton, Utah, Dawson attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of the University of Utah in 1926. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Salt Lake City. County attorney of Davis County 1926-1934. He served as mayor of Layton 1935-1939. He served as member of the State senate 1940-1944.

Dawson was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.

Dawson was elected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. He served as vice president of Zions First National Bank from 1959 to 1969. He was a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death on November 7, 1981. He was interred in Kaysville Cemetery, Kaysville, Utah.

References

William A. Dawson Wikipedia


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