Jump to content

Dawson Mathis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dawson Mathis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byMaston E. O'Neal Jr.
Succeeded byCharles Hatcher
Personal details
Born
Marvin Dawson Mathis

(1940-11-30)November 30, 1940
Nashville, Georgia, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2017(2017-04-17) (aged 76)
Tifton, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSouth Georgia College

Marvin Dawson Mathis (November 30, 1940 – April 17, 2017) was an American newsman and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1971 to 1981.

Biography

[edit]

Born in Nashville, Georgia, Mathis attended the Nashville public schools. He attended South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia. From 1964 to 1970, he was news director of WALB-TV in Albany, Georgia.

Congress

[edit]

Mathis was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981). He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1980.

Later career

[edit]

In 1982 he tried to reclaim his old seat in the house but lost to successor Charles Hatcher in the Democratic primary.

He became a private sector lobbyist.

He was a resident of Nashville, Georgia.

Death

[edit]

Mathis died in April 2017 in Tifton, Georgia, aged 76.[1]

References

[edit]
  • United States Congress. "Dawson Mathis (id: M000244)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 2nd congressional district

January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981
Succeeded by

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress