William Adams Dawson

Representative William Adams Dawson represented Utah in the US Congress. 

Dawson, who was born in Layton, Utah, went to public schools.  In 1926, he received his law degree from the University of Utah.  He began practicing law in Salt Lake City the same year he was licensed to the bar. From 1926 to 1934, he served as the county attorney of Davis County, and from 1935 to 1939, he served as mayor of Layton.  From 1940 to 1944, he was a member of the Utah State Senate.

Dawson was chosen to serve in the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses, which took place from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1959.  Dawson supported the 1957 Civil Rights Act by casting his vote. [1]  He ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the Eighty-sixth Congress in 1958.  From 1959 to 1969, he was Zions First National Bank's vice president.  Until his passing on November 7, 1981, he lived in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He was laid to rest at Kaysville, Utah's Kaysville Cemetery.

Category:1981 deaths
Category:United States representatives from Utah
Category:People from Utah