Representative Dixon McMakin Contact information

Dixon McMakin is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 68. He is a member of the Republican Party and assumed office on January 8, 2024. His current term ends on January 10, 2028. He won the general election on November 18, 2023.

Dixon McMakin was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned a high school diploma from Catholic High School, a bachelor’s degree from LSU in 2009, a graduate degree from the LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business in 2013, and a law degree from LSU Law in 2013. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor and attorney.

As of his 2023 campaign, McMakin was affiliated with several organizations including St. Aloysius Parish Church, Le Cercle de Bacchus, Baton Rouge Boys and Girls Club, New Orleans Krewe of Endymion, Forum 35, Knights of Columbus Council 3743, Kappa Sigma, and Louisiana State Bar Association.

Dixon McMakin is a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, La. He is the son of Regina and Steve Hatcher and Wally and Andrea Clesi McMakin. He first attended Jefferson Baptist Day School, then St. Aloysius School, before enrolling at Catholic High School. At Catholic High, Dixon was the only member of his graduated class to letter in three sports and served as Student Body President. He is the founder of the CHS-SJA Challenge Day, which has gone on to raise more money for the Baton Rouge Food Bank than any other event in the food bank’s history.

Dixon attended LSU, where he worked during school for the LSU Athletics Department and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in General Studies. He continued his academic career at the Flores MBA Program and the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, graduating in 2013 with a dual JD/MBA. After graduation, Dixon passed the Louisiana State Bar Exam and obtained his FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses. Currently, he is a financial advisor for Altus Wealth Management, a licensed insurance agent of Altus Benefit Solutions, and the sole attorney of The McMakin Law Firm, PLLC.

Dixon has been honored for his fellowship, leadership, scholarship, and service to the Baton Rouge community by the Baton Rouge Business Report as a Top Forty Under 40 2015 recipient, the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge as a St. Aloysius Distinguished Alumnus, the American Cancer Society as a Baton Rouge Best Dressed winner, and Big Buddy of Baton Rouge as a star dancer on Dancing with the Stars. Dixon and his wife, Bess Casserleigh, reside in Baton Rouge and are proud dog parents to Pepper the Pup. He is also the proud Godfather to Ainsley Drew Romano, Eleanor Alyse Songy, and Hadley Nola Hastings.