| LC control no. | n 90685146 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dodge, Augustus C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883 |
| Variant(s) | Dodge, A. C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883 Dodge, Augustus Caesar, 1812-1883 |
| Birth date | 1812-01-02 |
| Death date | 1883-11-20 |
| Place of birth | Sainte Genevieve (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Burlington (Iowa) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Mayors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Nebraska State Hist. Soc. for Cuming, T.B. Papers, 1822-1913 (Augustus C. Dodge) Dir. Am. cong., 1774-1961 (Dodge, Augustus Caesar (son of Henry Dodge); senator from Iowa; b. Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Jan. 2, 1812; democrat; d. Nov. 20, 1883) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 31, 2024: (Dodge, Augustus Caesar, (son of Henry Dodge, nephew of Lewis Fields Linn), a Delegate and a Senator from Iowa; born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., January 2, 1812; self-educated; moved to Illinois in 1827, settled in Galena, and was employed there in various capacities in his father's lead mines; served in the Black Hawk and other Indian wars; moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 1837, where he served as register of the land office 1838-1840; elected as a Democratic Delegate to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the act of March 3, 1839; reelected to the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Twenty-ninth Congresses and served from October 28, 1840, to December 28, 1846, when the Territory of Iowa was admitted as a State into the Union; was then elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1849, and served from December 7, 1848, to February 22, 1855, when he resigned to accept a diplomatic post; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses), Committee on Pensions (Thirty-first Congress), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirty-second Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-third Congress); appointed Minister to Spain 1855-1859; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1859; mayor of Burlington 1874-1875; withdrew from political activities and engaged in lecturing at pioneer gatherings; died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, November 20, 1883; interment in Aspen Grove Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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