branch death_date nationality term birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place preceded battles term_start name succeeded birth_place jr/sr party office state article_title birth_name
united states navy 6 july 2014 american january 3 , 1981 -- january 3 , 1993 7 july 1927 january 12 , 1981 january 10 , 1977 university of illinois washington university in st. louis fairview heights , illinois adlai stevenson iii michael howlett charles w. woodford world war ii january 10 , 1977 january 11 , 1971 alan j. dixon carol moseley braun jim edgar donald r. smith belleville , illinois united states senator democrat illinois secretary of state illinois treasurer illinois alan j. dixon
 alan john dixon
alan j. dixon

alan john dixon -lrb- july 7 , 1927 -- july 6 , 2014 -rrb- was an american politician and member of the democratic party who served in the illinois general assembly from 1951 to 1971 , as the illinois treasurer from 1971 to 1977 , as the illinois secretary of state from 1977 to 1981 and as a u.s. senator from 1981 until 1993 .
