Joseph M. Dixon

Infobox Governor
name = Joseph Moore Dixon


order = 7th
office = Governor of Montana
term_start = 1921
term_end = 1925
lieutenant =
predecessor = Sam V. Stewart
successor = John Edward Erickson
birth_date = July 31, 1867
birth_place = Snow Camp, North Carolina
death_date = May 22, 1934
death_place = Missoula, Montana
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion =

Joseph Moore Dixon (b. July 31, 1867 d. May 22, 1934) was a politician from Montana. He served as a Representative, Senator, and governor from Montana.

Dixon was born in Snow Camp, North Carolina, attended Earlham College, in Richmond, Indiana, and graduated from Guilford College, North Carolina, in 1889. He moved to Missoula, Montana in 1891; studied law and admitted to the bar in 1892. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Missoula County from 1893 to 1895 and prosecuting attorney from 1895 to 1897. He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1900. Dixon was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907). In 1906 he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1912. That year, he was the chairman of the National Progressive Convention.

Dixon served as Governor of Montana from 1921-1925. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1924 and had unsuccessful Senate campaign in 1928. He died in Missoula, Montana.