Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — ofSte.Genevieve County, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville,IowaCounty, Wis.Born near Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,October12, 1782.Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;memberMichigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33;Governorof Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57.Slaveowner. Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,June 19,1867 (age84 years, 250days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | David Lane Dodge (1790-1873) — also known asDavid L. Dodge — of Springport town,CayugaCounty, N.Y.; Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in North Castle town,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1790.Physician;druggist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1855.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1873 (age83 years, 227days).Burial location unknown. | | James Hugh Relfe (1791-1863) — also known asJames H. Relfe — of Caledonia,WashingtonCounty, Mo.Born in Virginia,October17, 1791.Democrat.Physician;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1835-43;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-47.Slaveowner. Died in Caledonia,WashingtonCounty, Mo.,September14, 1863 (age71 years, 332days).Interment atCaledoniaMethodist Cemetery, Caledonia, Mo. | | Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) — also known asLewis F. Linn — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November5, 1796.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;physician;member ofMissouristate senate 3rd District, 1830-31;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October3, 1843 (age46 years, 332days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.| |  Relatives: Sonof Nancy Ann (Hunter) Linn and Asahel Linn; half-brother ofHenryDodge; married to Elizabeth Alexander Relfe (sister ofJamesHugh Relfe); uncle ofAugustusCaesar Dodge. | | |  | Political family:Dodgefamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | Linn counties inIowa,Kan.,Mo. andOre. arenamed for him. | | |  | ThecityofLinneus,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofLinn,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofWestLinn, Oregon, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofLinnton,Oregon, isnamed forhim. | | |  | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) — also known asAugustus C. Dodge — of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.; Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,January2, 1812.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;registerof U.S. Land Office at Burlington, Iowa, 1838-40;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840-46;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; resigned 1855;firstU.S. Senator who was born west of the Mississippi River; U.S.Minister toSpain, 1855-59; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860,1864;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1874-75.Scottishancestry.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,November20, 1883 (age71 years, 322days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,July 5,1812.Secretaryof Iowa Territory, 1839-41;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County,1844;Governorof Iowa Territory, 1845-46.Died in acholeraepidemic, in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,July 28,1850 (age38 years, 23days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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