Augustus C. Dodge

Augustus Dodge
United States Ambassador to Spain
In office
June 17, 1855 – March 12, 1859
PresidentFranklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Preceded byPierre Soulé
Succeeded byWilliam Preston
United States Senator
from Iowa
In office
December 7, 1848 – February 22, 1855
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byJames 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 byFrancis Gehon (Delegate-elect)
Succeeded bySerranus Hastings (Representative)
Personal details
Born
Augustus Caesar Dodge

(1812-01-02)January 2, 1812
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, U.S.
DiedNovember 20, 1883(1883-11-20) (aged 71)
Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
Resting placeAspen Grove Cemetery
Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Parent
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Battles/warsBlack 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.

  1. ^ "biographies". www.dodgefamily.org. Retrieved 2024-01-28.