Jay Dickey
American politician
Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017) was an American politician. He was a former U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2001.
Jay Dickey | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Beryl Anthony, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Mike Ross |
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| Born | Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. December 14, 1939 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 20, 2017 (aged 77) Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Pine Bluff High School |
| Alma mater | Hendrix College University of Arkansas School of Law |
Both the Dickey Amendment (1996), which blocks CDC funds to be used for injury prevention research that might advocate or promote gun control, and the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (1995), which prohibits federal funds to be spent on research that involves the destruction of a human embryo, are named for him.
After the 2012 Aurora shooting, former congressman Dickey said that he regrets his role in blocking the CDC from researching gun violence.[1]
Dickey died on April 20, 2017 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, aged 77.[2]
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