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Arrington Dixon
2nd Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia
In office
1979–1983
Preceded by Sterling Tucker
Succeeded by David A. Clarke
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia
from Ward 4
In office
1975–1979
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Charlene Drew Jarvis
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia
from the at-large district
In office
August 1997 – December 15, 1997
Preceded by Linda Cropp
Succeeded by David Catania
Personal details
Born
Arrington Dixon

Washington, D.C.
Political party Democratic
Spouse
(m. 1966; div. 1982)
Children 2
Alma mater Howard University, George Washington Law School
Occupation Politician

Arrington Dixon is an American politician who is a former Chair and Member of the Council of the District of Columbia of Washington, D.C.

Early years

Dixon was born in Anacostia in Washington, D.C., to James and Sally Dixon.

Council of the District of Columbia

1975–1979

In November 1974, Dixon was chosen to represent Ward 4 when voters elected the first members of the Council of the District of Columbia, the legislature of the city's new home rule government. The initial term for the Ward 4 seat, like those for half the council seats, was only 2 years, to provide for staggered council elections in later years, but in 1976 Dixon was reelected to a full four-year term.

1979–1983

In 1978, council chairman Sterling Tucker ran for mayor rather than seeking reelection. Dixon, who was halfway through his Ward 4 term, decided to run for Chair of the Council and won. He served 4 years. In 1982, Dixon ran for re-election, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary by David A. Clarke.

Dixon was later appointed by Mayor Marion Barry to serve as a public member of the National Capital Planning Commission.

1997

More than a decade later, Dixon returned to the council as an at-large member for a few months in 1997 when he was chosen in August by the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee to replace Linda Cropp, who had vacated her at-large seat to become chairman. The appointment lasted only until a December special election, in which he was defeated by then-Republican David Catania. Catania was sworn in on December 15, 1997.

Personal life

In 1966, he married Sharon Pratt Kelly, and they had daughters Aimee and Drew. His daughters were born in 1968 and 1970. The couple divorced in 1982 after sixteen years of marriage.

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