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Dewey Jackson Short | |
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| Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil-Military Affairs | |
| In office March 15, 1957 – November 1958 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | George H. Roderick |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Chair of the House Armed Services Committee | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Speaker | Joseph William Martin Jr. |
| Preceded by | Carl Vinson |
| Succeeded by | Carl Vinson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri | |
| In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | James F. Fulbright |
| Succeeded by | James F. Fulbright |
| Constituency | 14th district |
| In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | District inactive |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Brown |
| Constituency | 7th district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 7, 1898 Galena, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 1979 (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Dewey Jackson Short (April 7, 1898 – November 19, 1979) was an American politician from Missouri. He was US Representative for 12 terms (1929-1931, 1935–1957). A member of the Republican Party, he was a staunch opponent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.