The Political Graveyard: Dodge family of Missouri and Iowa

Dodge family of Missouri and Iowa

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Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — Born near Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., October 12, 1782. Half-brother of Lewis Fields Linn; father of Augustus Caesar Dodge; father-in-law of James Clarke. Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; member Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33; Governor of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, June 19, 1867. Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. Dodge counties in Minn. and Wis., and Henry County, Iowa, are named for him.
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James Hugh Relfe (1791-1863) — also known as James H. Relfe — of Caledonia, Washington County, Mo. Born in Virginia, 1791. Brother-in-law of Lewis Fields Linn. Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S. Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-47. Died in 1863. Interment at Methodist Cemetery, Caledonia, Mo.
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Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) — also known as Lewis F. Linn — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., November 5, 1796. Half-brother of Henry Dodge; brother-in-law of James Hugh Relfe; half-uncle of Augustus Caesar Dodge. Democrat. Physician; member of Missouri state senate, 1827; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843. Died October 3, 1843. Interment at Protestant Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Linn counties in Iowa, Kan., Mo. and Ore. are named for him.
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Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) — also known as Augustus C. Dodge — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., January 2, 1812. Son of Henry Dodge; half-nephew of Lewis Fields Linn. Democrat. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1855-59; candidate for Governor of Iowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1860; mayor of Burlington, Iowa, 1874. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, November 20, 1883. Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. Dodge County, Neb. is named for him.
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James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., July 5, 1812. Son-in-law of Henry Dodge. Secretary of Iowa Territory, 1839-41; mayor of Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County, 1844; Governor of Iowa Territory, 1845-46. Died in a cholera epidemic, in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, July 28, 1850. Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. Clarke County, Iowa is named for him.
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