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William L. Dickinson
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William Louis Dickinson (June 5, 1925 – March 31, 2008) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Dickinson served in the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 2nd congressional district from 1965 to 1993.
Dickinson was born in Opelika, Alabama. He served in the United States Navy during World War II in the European Theater. After returning from the war, he graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law.
In Opelika, Dickinson practiced law for two years beginning in 1950. In 1952, as a registered Democrat, Dickinson won his first elected office as city court judge. He then served as a juvenile court and common pleas judge in Lee County from 1954 to 1958 and judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama from 1958 to 1962.
While serving in the judiciary, Dickinson also sat on the Opelika Board of Education from 1954 to 1962, including a year as board president in 1961. In 1960, Dickinson co-founded the Lee County Rehabilitation Center and served on its board until 1962.
Dickinson switched careers from law to transportation in 1962 when he became assistant vice president of the Southern Railway, a position he would hold until 1964.
In 1964, Dickinson was among multiple Alabama congressional candidates to change their political party registrations from Democratic to Republican, in a state that voted solidly Democratic dating back to the American Civil War. Dickinson ran for the United States House of Representatives in Alabama's 2nd congressional district, which was anchored by Montgomery and included most of the southeastern portion of the state. Benefiting from Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater winning Alabama, Dickinson defeated 13-term incumbent Democrat George M. Grant with nearly 62 percent of the vote. Dickinson had been the first Republican to challenge Grant for reelection.
Joining Dickinson in victory in four other House races were Jack Edwards in the 1st District, John Hall Buchanan, Jr. in the 6th District, Glenn Andrews in the 4th District and James D.
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