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Augustus C. Dodge

American politician

Died when: 71 years 322 days (862 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Augustus C. Dodge

Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812 – November 20, 1883) was a Democratic delegate to the U.S.House of Representatives from Iowa Territory, a U.S. minister to Spain, and one of the first set of United States Senators to represent Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state.

His father, Henry Dodge, served as a U.S.Senator from Wisconsin; the two were the first and so far the only father-son pair to serve concurrently in the Senate, which they did from 1848 to 1855.

Augustus Dodge was born in what is now Ste.Genevieve, Missouri (then in Louisiana Territory).Self-educated, he moved to Illinois in 1827, settled in Galena, and was employed there in various capacities in his father's lead mines.

He served in the Black Hawk War and other Indian wars.In 1837, he moved to what is now Burlington, Iowa (then in Wisconsin Territory), where he served as register of the land office until 1840.


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