For sale is an original 1920s SENATOR DIXON CIGAR BOX LABEL. This inner cigar box label features a portrait of Senator Joseph M. Dixon who was born in 1865 in North Carolina. The label measures 10 inches by 6 inches. New old stock cigar labels are around because cigar factories often had extra labels on hand since if you didn’t have labels on hand for your boxes you couldn’t sell your cigars. Perfect for collectors of vintage cigar labels or history enthusiasts, this item serves as a tangible piece of American political history.
In 1891, he moved to Missoula Montana where he became a lawyer and got involved in Republican politics. At the age of thirty-seven, Joe Dixon was elected a US Representative of Montana. In 1905, he moved to the US Senate. In the 1912 presidential election campaign, Theodore Roosevelt split off a new party called the National Progressive Party or commonly known as the Bull Moose Party. Joseph Dixon supported Roosevelt and became chairmen of this new progressive party. Later, he became governor of Montana from 1921 to 1925. He also served as Secretary of the interior under the Hoover Administration. Dixon died in 1934.
