Augustus Dodge | |
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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 January 2, 1812 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | November 20, 1883 (aged 71) Burlington, Iowa, U.S. |
Resting place | Aspen Grove Cemetery Burlington, Iowa, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
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Military service | |
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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.