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American lawyer and political strategist (–)

William Patrick Dixon (December 12, – January 8, ) was an American lawyer and political strategist.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Dixon graduated from St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, and in from the University at Buffalo Law School.^[1] He became counsel to Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey, and after a year, he moved to Washington, D.C., to serve on the Democratic Party staff of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary during the impeachment of Richard Nixon.

As the only House staffer allowed to listen to unedited versions of the Watergate tapes, Dixon prepared a series of memos that helped guide the committee's actions.^[2][3] He managed the Wisconsin presidential campaigns of George McGovern in and Jimmy Carter in ^[4][5]

Carter appointed Dixon as the U.S.

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