Augustus C. Dodge

Augustus Dodge
United States Ambassador to Spain
In office June 17, 1855 – March 12, 1859
President	Franklin Pierce James Buchanan
Preceded by	Pierre Soulé
Succeeded by	William Preston
United States Senator from Iowa
In office December 7, 1848 – February 22, 1855
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	James Harlan
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Iowa Territory's at-large district
In office October 28, 1840 – December 28, 1846
Preceded by	Francis Gehon (Delegate-elect)
Succeeded by	Serranus Hastings (Representative)
Personal details
Born	Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-01-02)January 2, 1812 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, U.S.
Died	November 20, 1883(1883-11-20) (aged 71) Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
Resting place	Aspen Grove Cemetery Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Parent	Henry Dodge (father)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Battles/wars	Black Hawk War

Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 4, 1812 – November 21, 1883)^[1] 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.