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Sheila Dixon Biography
Sheila Dixon is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 27, 1953 in Maryland, Maryland, United States. Politician and member of the Democratic Party who became the first woman elected Mayor of Baltimore in 2007. However, in 2010 she was forced to resign after being convicted of one misdemeanor count of fraudulent misappropriation.
She was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, which was co-chaired by Michael Bloomberg.
In 1986, Dixon was elected to the Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee representing the 40th Legislative District. In 1987, she won a seat on the Baltimore City Council representing the 4th Council District, where she served twelve years.
In 1991, Dixon waved her shoe at white colleagues on the Baltimore City Council and yelled, “You’ve been running things for the last 20 years. Now the shoe is on the other foot.” This incident led many people, including some of her supporters, to view her as a divisive person.
She has two children.
Name | Sheila Dixon |
First Name | Sheila |
Last Name | Dixon |
Occupation | Politician |
Birthday | December 27 |
Birth Year | 1953 |
Place of Birth | Maryland |
Home Town | Maryland |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Full/Birth Name | |
Father | Not Available |
Mother | Not Available |
Siblings | Not Available |
Spouse | Thomas E. Hampton , Mark Edward Smith |
Children(s) | Jasmine Hampton |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Twice divorced, Dixon raised her two children, Jasmine and Joshua, as a single mom. She is the aunt of professional basketball player Juan Dixon, who led the University of Maryland to the 2002 NCAA championship, and Jermaine Dixon, who played guard for the University of Pittsburgh Men’s Basketball Team. She is a lifelong resident of the city of Baltimore.
Sheila Dixon Net Worth
Sheila Dixon is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sheila Dixon's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She received a Master’s degree from John Hopkins University.
She served as the President of the Baltimore City Council from 1999 to 2007.
Sheila Ann Dixon (born December 27, 1953) served as the forty-eighth mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. When the former mayor, Martin O’Malley, was sworn in as governor on January 17, 2007, Dixon, the president of the Baltimore City Council, served out the remaining year of his term. In November 2007, she was elected mayor. She was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council, Baltimore’s first female mayor, and Baltimore’s third black mayor.
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Salary | Under Review |
Source of Income | Politician |
Cars | Not Available |
House | Living in own house. |
Dixon won the 2007 Baltimore Democratic Mayoral Primary over her closest opponent, Keiffer Mitchell Jr., with 63 percent of the total votes; she won against Republican Elbert Henderson in the general election in November.
By the end of July 2007, Dixon’s campaign had been endorsed by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council of the Maryland AFL-CIO collectively as well as several individual union endorsements. Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot was the only statewide elected official to endorse Dixon until an August 13 rally where Governor Martin O’Malley gave his endorsement. Former Congressman Kweisi Mfume also endorsed Dixon at the same event in front of Baltimore’s City Hall. State Delegates Tom Hucker (Montgomery County), Maggie McIntosh, Curt Anderson, Cheryl Glenn, Melvin L. Stukes, Talmadge Branch, Senators Nathaniel J. McFadden and Catherine Pugh and Baltimore City Council members Robert Curran, Bernard “Jack” Young, Ed Reisinger, Stephanie Rawlings Blake and Agnes Welch have endorsed Dixon and were at the rally as well.
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Height | Unknown |
Weight | Not Known |
Body Measurements | Under Review |
Eye Color | Not Available |
Hair Color | Not Available |
Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
In 1999, Dixon was elected president of the Baltimore City Council, the first African-American woman elected to this position. In 2003, she won her re-election race for president of the Baltimore City Council, defeating her nearest competitor (Catherine Pugh) by 21,000 votes.
Dixon ran for a full term as mayor in the 2007 election and won the Democratic Party primary in September. Dixon maintained a strong fundraising advantage throughout the campaign. Scores of public officials, unions and newspapers endorsed the Mayor’s campaign. This includes The Baltimore Sun, The Baltimore Afro-American, the AFL-CIO, former Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Minority Contractors Association, SEIU, SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Gov. O’Malley, Comptroller Peter Franchot, Unite Here, United Auto Workers, and others.
Who is Sheila Dixon Dating?
According to our records, Sheila Dixon married to Thomas E. Hampton , Mark Edward Smith . As of December 1, 2023, Sheila Dixon’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Sheila Dixon. You may help us to build the dating records for Sheila Dixon!A major issue during the primary mayoral campaign was crime. By mid-2007, homicides in Baltimore were on pace to surpass 300 for the year, the most since the early years of the O’Malley administration. On June 19, Dixon presented her crime plan to 500 Baltimore police officers, but Dixon was attacked by Mitchell and Carter for not doing enough. Dixon’s crime plan departed from previous Mayor Martin O’Malley’s as it stressed community policing and focusing on apprehending the most violent offenders as opposed to zero tolerance. As of June 19, there were 146 homicides and 340 non-lethal shootings in the city.
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Sheila Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sheila Dixon celebrates birthday on December 27 of every year.
As City Council President, Dixon was first in the Mayoral line of succession and became Mayor of Baltimore in January 2007 when then-Mayor Martin O’Malley resigned after being elected Governor of Maryland in November 2006.
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