What is Dawson Mathis?
[[File:Dawson Mathis.png|thumb|right|200px|Mathis in the 1970s]] '''Marvin Dawson Mathis''' (November 30, 1940 – April 17, 2017) was an American politician. He served in [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], representing [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'s [[Georgia's 2nd congressional district|2nd congressional district]] from 1971 through 1981. Mathis was born in [[Nashville, Georgia|Nashville]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. He studied at [[South Georgia College]] in [[Douglas, Georgia|Douglas]], Georgia. From 1964 to 1970, he was news director of [[WALB-TV]] in [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]], Georgia. Mathis was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] serving in Congresses from January 3, 1971 through January 3, 1981. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the [[United States Senate]] in 1980. In 1982 he tried to win his old seat in the house but lost to successor [[Charles Hatcher]] in the Democratic primary. He became a private advocate. He lived in Nashville, Georgia. Mathis died in April 2017 in [[Tifton, Georgia|Tifton]], Georgia from complications of [[pneumonia]], aged 76.<ref>[http://www.walb.com/story/35171717/former-us-congressman-and-walb-anchor-passes-away-at-76 Former U.S. congressman and WALB anchor passes away at 76], walb.com, April 18, 2017</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{CongBio|M000244}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathis, Dawson}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:United States representatives from Georgia]] [[Category:American television presenters]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}