Augustus C. Dodge

Infobox Senator
name=Augustus Caesar Dodge


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jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Iowa
party=Democrat
term=December 7, 1848 – February 22, 1855
preceded="(none)"
succeeded=James Harlan
date of birth=January 2, 1812
place of birth=Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA
date of death=November 20, 1883
place of death=Burlington, Iowa, USA
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religion=
profession=Politician
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Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812 – November 20, 1883) was one of the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Immediately prior to his service as a Senator, Dodge represented the Territory of Iowa in Congress from 1840 to 1846. Dodge served in the Senate from 1846 to 1855, when President Franklin Pierce appointed him to the post of minister to Spain. He served as the minister 1855–1859.

Dodge was a member of the Democratic party. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Iowa in 1859. He served as mayor of Burlington, Iowa from 1874 to 1875.

His father, Henry Dodge, served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. They are the first, and so far only father-son pair to serve concurrently in the U.S. Senate. He was also the nephew of Lewis F. Linn.

ee also

* Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska
* Dodge County, Nebraska

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6133089 Augustus C. Dodge] at Find A Grave