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William Irving Dodge (c. 1789Johnstown, then inMontgomery Co., now inFulton County, New York – January 1873) was an American politician fromNew York.

He was the son of Maj. Gen. Richard Dodge (1762–1832) and Ann Sarah (Irving) Dodge (1770–1808), a sister ofWashington Irving (1783–1859). On January 23, 1812, he married Patience Akin (1793–1879), and they had five children. He fought in theWar of 1812 as a captain, and took part in theBattle of Plattsburgh in September 1814.

He was apresidential elector in1820, voting forJames Monroe andDaniel D. Tompkins. He was District Attorney of Montgomery County from 1821 to 1830. In1824, he ran for Congress in the 16th District, but was defeated byHenry Markell. He was a member of theNew York State Senate (4th D.) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the54th,55th,56th and57th New York State Legislatures. Afterwards he removed toSyracuse, New York, and resumed the practice of law there.

Col.Richard Irving Dodge was his nephew.

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 128ff, 140, 326 and 376; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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