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William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 – November 9, 1970) was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949, he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee.

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  • ويليام إل. دوسن (بالإنجليزية: William L. Dawson)‏ هو محامي وسياسي أمريكي، ولد في 26 أبريل 1886 في ألباني في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 9 نوفمبر 1970 في شيكاغو في الولايات المتحدة بسبب ذات الرئة. حزبياً، نشط في الحزب الجمهوري والحزب الديمقراطي. وقد انتخب عضو مجلس النواب الأمريكي. (ar)
  • William Levi Dawson (* 26. April 1886 in Albany, Georgia; † 9. November 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei, der mehr als 27 Jahre den Bundesstaat Illinois im US-Repräsentantenhaus vertrat und damit zu den afroamerikanischen Abgeordneten mit der längsten Zugehörigkeit zum Kongress gehört. (de)
  • William Levi Dawson (né le 26 avril 1886 à Albany dans l'État de Géorgie et mort le 9 novembre 1970 à Chicago) est un homme politique afro-américain qui a représenté Chicago (Illinois) pendant plus de 27 ans à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis, élu de 1943 à sa mort en 1970. (fr)
  • William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 – November 9, 1970) was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949, he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee. Born in segregated Georgia, Dawson attended Fisk University in Tennessee and Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. He served as an officer in the segregated U.S. Army in World War I. Back in Chicago, he became a successful lawyer and community leader. Like his two predecessors representing Illinois' 1st District, when Dawson was first elected in 1942, he was the only African American in Congress. He was active in the civil rights movement and sponsored registration drives. In the late 1940s he successfully opposed efforts to re-segregate the military. Dawson was the first African American to chair a committee in the United States Congress, when he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. He served as Chair of that committee and its successor for most of the years between 1949 and 1970. After 1952, Dawson also became closely aligned with the Democratic city machine in Chicago, collaborating often with Mayor Richard J. Daley. In this role, he focused on patronage and services for his constituents. He gave no support to the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. to shake up city politics in the late 1960s. (en)
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  • ويليام إل. دوسن (بالإنجليزية: William L. Dawson)‏ هو محامي وسياسي أمريكي، ولد في 26 أبريل 1886 في ألباني في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 9 نوفمبر 1970 في شيكاغو في الولايات المتحدة بسبب ذات الرئة. حزبياً، نشط في الحزب الجمهوري والحزب الديمقراطي. وقد انتخب عضو مجلس النواب الأمريكي. (ar)
  • William Levi Dawson (* 26. April 1886 in Albany, Georgia; † 9. November 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei, der mehr als 27 Jahre den Bundesstaat Illinois im US-Repräsentantenhaus vertrat und damit zu den afroamerikanischen Abgeordneten mit der längsten Zugehörigkeit zum Kongress gehört. (de)
  • William Levi Dawson (né le 26 avril 1886 à Albany dans l'État de Géorgie et mort le 9 novembre 1970 à Chicago) est un homme politique afro-américain qui a représenté Chicago (Illinois) pendant plus de 27 ans à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis, élu de 1943 à sa mort en 1970. (fr)
  • William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 – November 9, 1970) was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949, he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee. (en)
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