These Bios are from the Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County= ,=20 Iowa Gen. Augustus C. Dodge is numbered among the honored pioneers of Des Moines=20 County, and during his life was among the most noted men. He sprang from goo= d=20 old Revolutionary stock, and the patriotism of his ancestors found an=20 abiding-place in his heart. Henry Dodge and Christiana, daughter of James Mc= Donald,=20 were married in 1800, a few miles west of St. Louis. Of their thirteen child= ren=20 nine grew to maturity, Augustus C. being the fourth in order of birth. He wa= s=20 born Jan. 2, 1812, at St. Genevieve, Mo., then in the territority of Louisia= na,=20 the oldest settlement on the west side of the Mississippi River, about sixty= =20 miles below St. Louis. In that new and sparsely settled country his boyhood=20 days were passed. His father was a man of note, even at that time, and durin= g=20 the struggle with Great Britain, from 1812 to 1815, was in command of a=20 battalion of militia, whose duty it was to keep the Indians at bay. For his=20= services=20 he was appointed Brigadier General of the militia of the Missouri Territory.= On=20 the return of peace, he engaged in mining and smelting, and in the=20 manufacture of salt. The educational facilities of that region were very sca= nt, and the=20 only school Augustus attended for a few months was kept in a log school-hous= e,=20 in which the light came through greased paper; pencils were made from a=20 bullet beaten into shape and hammered to a point; pens were made with a Barl= ow=20 knife, and ink from the boiling of butternut bark or gunpowder. Meanwhile th= e boy=20 gained strength and self-reliance for the struggle of life in which he was t= o=20 engage. In 1827 the family removed to the Fever River lead mines. Upon=20 arriving at Galena, on July 4, they found the town in a state of alarm from=20= fear of=20 an attack from the Winnebago Indians. Henry Dodge was at once waited upon by= =20 citizens and asked to take command of forces for the defense of the mining=20 district. Young Augustus wished to join them, and when told he was too young= ,=20 appealed to his father, who, giving him a small shot gun, remarked, "Shoot w= ell, my=20 boy." Upon the restoration of peace, Henry Dodge located at a point about=20 forty-five miles northeast of Galena, to which was given the name Dodge's Gr= ove. When=20 the Black Hawk War broke out, in 1832, he was Colonel of the militia of=20 Wisconsin Territory, and on the 25th of April was directed by Gen Atkinson t= o raise=20 as many mounted men in the mining regions as could be obtained for service=20 against the hostile Indians. In one company then raised Augustus was elected= =20 Lieutenant of volunteers. for home protection, and in the battle of the Wisc= onsin=20 he conducted himself bravely. On the march, or camping out, he was always=20 cheerful and obliging to the men. During these years the family divided their time between their residence nea= r=20 Dodgeville and St. Genevieve, and Augustus made frequent trips between the=20 two places. In February, 1837, he visited the National Capitol, where, as th= e=20 son of a friend of the President, and one who had made a national reputation= in=20 the Black Hawk War, and through the attentions of his uncle, Senator Linn, h= e=20 enjoyed unusual facilities for seeing public men and observing public affair= s. Returning home, on the 19th of March, 1837, he was united in marriage, near=20 St. Genevieve, with Miss Clara A. Hertich, daughter of Prof. Joseph Hertich.= =20 Their union was an exceedingly happy one, and to them were born eight=20 children--William J., Marceline M., Augustus V., Christiana, Clara A., Henry= J., Charles=20 J. and William W. In 1838 Mr. Dodge was appointed by President Van Buren, Register of the=20 United States Land Office at Burlington, and removed to this city, which was= his=20 home the rest of his life. He made an exceedingly popular officer, often goi= ng=20 out of the way to help some unfortunate settler in securing the title to his= =20 land. The services then rendered were remembered by the settlers in after ye= ars. On the 14th day of January, 1839, Mr. Dodge was appointed, by Gov. Lucas,=20 Brigadier General of the 2d Brigade of the 1st Division of the Militia of Io= wa=20 Territory. In the fall of that year Missouri laid claim to a portion of Iowa= =20 Territory on its southern border, which was the occasion of great excitement= .=20 December 11 Gen. Dodge's brigade was called out. On reaching Van Buren Count= y,=20 Gen. Dodge was sent with two others to the encampment of the Missouri militi= a,=20 and a friendly conference following, an amicable settlement was arranged, an= d=20 the troops disbanded. In the summer of 1840, without thought or effort on his part, Gen. Dodge was= =20 nominated Delegate to Congress. He made a canvass of the Territory, in compa= ny=20 with his Whig competitor, Alfred Rich, and was elected by a majority of 585,= =20 receiving many Whig votes. On the 2d of September he took his seat in=20 Congress, and on the 7th of December following, he welcomed his father to a=20= seat by=20 his side, as a Delegate from the Territory of Wisconsin, the first and only=20 instance of a father and son sitting together in the House of Representative= s=20 since the foundation of the Government. He served as Delegate until the admi= ssion=20 of Iowa into the Union, Dec. 28, 1846, a period of six years of laborious=20 service. In the limits of this sketch a record of this service cannot be giv= en,=20 and the reader's attention is called to the life of Gen. Dodge, by Dr. Willi= am=20 Salter, published in 1887. The First General Assembly of the State of Iowa w= as=20 not able to agree upon the election of United States Senators, but the Secon= d=20 Assembly, Dec. 2, 1848, elected Gen. Dodge and George W. Jones. Mr. Dodge dr= ew=20 for the short term, ending March 4, 1848, and was at once re-elected for the= =20 term ending March 4, 1855. As seven years before the son had welcomed the=20 father to a seat by his side in the House of Representatives, so now the fat= her,=20 who had entered the Senate on the 23d of the previous June, as one of the=20 Senators from the State of Wisconsin, greeted the arrival of his son in the=20= Senate=20 Chamber. This was an unprecedented occurance. It was also noteworthy that=20 Augustus C. Dodge was the first person born west of the Mississippi River to= =20 become a Senator of the United States. He was congratulated by Mrs. Fremont,= wife=20 of Gen. Fremont, who said: "General, I am sure that you will be the best=20 behaved man in the Senate, on the ground that a dutiful son will be exceedin= gly=20 decorous in the immediate presence of his father." The time in which Gen. Do= dge=20 served in the United States Senate was an exciting one in the history of the= =20 country. He favored the Compromise Bill of 1850, but voted against Jefferson= =20 Davis' proposition to make void a prohibition of slavery that had existed un= der=20 the Mexican law, and extend the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820, so as to=20 authorize slavery north of it, and he voted for the admission of California=20= under=20 her constitution prohibiting slavery. Mr. Dodge served as Chairman of the=20 Committee on Public Lands, and favored the passage of the Homestead Bill. In= the=20 Kansas-Nebraska struggle of 1854, he followed the lead of Stephen A. Douglas= .=20 One of the best speeches delivered in the Senate in favor of the organizatio= n of=20 Kansas and Nebraska under the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and sneeringly spoken of= =20 as "Squatter Sovereignty," was by him. In answer to Sen. Brown, of=20 Mississippi, who said, "There are certain menial employments which belong ex= clusively to=20 the negro," he replied: "Sir, I tell the Senator from Mississippi, I speak i= t=20 upon the floor of the American Senate, in the presence of my father, who wil= l=20 attest its truth, that I performed and do perform, when at home, all of thes= e=20 menial services to which the Senator referred in terms so grating to my=20 feelings. As a general thing I saw my own wood, do all my own marketing. I h= ave=20 driven teams, horses, mules and oxen, and considered myself as respectable t= hen as=20 I now do, or as any Senator upon the floor." On the 8th of February, 1855, Mr. Dodge resigned his seat in the Senate, and= =20 on the following day President Pierce nominated him to be Minister=20 Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain. He was confirmed, and served with gre= at credit to=20 himself and the General Government until the summer of 1859, when he returne= d=20 home and made the race for Governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket, but=20 could not overcome the strong Republican majority. The following extract is=20= from=20 Salter's Life of the General: "Withdrawn the rest of his life, for the most part, from official station,=20 Mr. Dodge retained to the end his interest in public affairs, and his unswer= ving=20 devotion to the Democratic party, of which he remained a recognized leader.=20 On several occasions his name was presented as a suitable candidate for the=20 highest offices in the Nation, but he himself never aided or abetted any mov= ement=20 to that end. In 1872 he advocated union with the Liberal Republicans, and th= e=20 election of Horace Greeley for President. In 1874 he was elected Mayor of=20 Burlington by a spontaneous movement of citizens, irrespective of party. In=20= 1875=20 he served, by appointment of Gov. Carpenter, on a commission to investigate=20 alleged abuses in a reform school in Eldora, and aided in introducing a more= =20 humane discipline into that institution. An ardent friend of youth, he was a= =20 frequent visitor at schools, and gave help and cheer to many in their strugg= les=20 for an education. He sustained the cause of temperance in vigorous addresses= ,=20 discountenanced the drink habit by consistent example, and looked to the=20 invigoration of man's moral sense for the suppression of intemperance; not t= o=20 prohibitory legislation. At meetings of pioneers and old settlers he was an=20= honored=20 guest, and never wearied in commemorating their exploits and labors. He=20 presided over the semi-centennial celebration of the settlement of Iowa, on=20= the 1st=20 of June 1883, at Burlington, and gave surpassing dignity and zest to that=20 occasion. It was a sight that can never be looked upon again to see that=20 illustrious pioneer of Iowa, at the age of more than threescore and ten, pou= r forth from=20 his capacious, accurate and ready memory, treasures of information concernin= g=20 the beginning of the commonwealth. He seemed as if inspired with a religious= =20 zeal to snatch from oblivion the memory of our founders for the instruction=20= of=20 after times. A few months later came the fatal sickness and the final hour.=20 He died on the 20th of November, 1883, in the bosom of his family, sharing t= he=20 consolation of religion, his last words, "Bless the Lord." We know that every reader of this work will be pleased to see the portrait o= f=20 this eminent man shown upon a preceeding page, and will treasure the volume=20 from that fact. No other man did greater honor to Des Moines County than Gen= .=20 Augustus C. Dodge. Augustus Villars Dodge, of Burlington, Iowa, is a native of Missouri, born=20 Jan. 31, 1842, and was the son of Gen. Augustus C. and Clara A. Dodge.=A0 Hi= s=20 education was received in Paris, Madrid, and at Roxbury Latin School, of Bos= ton,=20 Mass., and began business with Hayden & Co., of Chicago, later employed by J= ohn=20 H. Gear, with whom he was employed as a traveling salesman.=A0 In 1868 he=20 engaged in the grocery business for himself, and in 1871 formed a partnershi= p with=20 a Mr. Rankin in the wholesale produce and ice business. On the 15th of April, 1873, at Fairfield, Iowa, Mr. Dodge was united in=20 marriage with Virginia A. Temple, a native of that city, and a daughter of G= eorge=20 D. and Sarah J. (Thompson) Temple.=A0 Her father came to Burlington, with hi= s=20 parents, one year prior to the arrival of Gen. Dodge.=A0 Two children graced= this=20 union -- Henry Temple, born June 4, 1874, and Villars Atherton, April 29, 18= 76,=20 Burlington being the birthplace of both.=A0 The death of Mr. Dodge occurred=20 March 25, 1888.=A0 He was highly educated, and a man of=A0 literary tastes a= nd=20 studious habits, fond of music and the drama.=A0 He was a Royal Arch Mason,=20= a Knight=20 of Pythias, and also belonged to the Modern Woodmen.=A0 In politics he was a= =20 Democrat.=A0 Mrs. Dodge is a member of the Episcopal Church. Charles Jones Dodge, Prosecuting Attorney for Des Moines County, Iowa, was=20 born in Washington, D. C., July 31, 1852, and is the son of Gen. Augustus C.= and=20 Clara A. (Hertich) Dodge. He spent four years of his childhood at Madrid=20 while his father was United States Minister at the Spanish Court, and on his= =20 return to America made his home at Burlington, Iowa, the permanent place of=20 residence of the family. His preparatory education was received in the city=20= schools,=20 and when fifteen years of age he entered the University of Notre Dame, Ind.,= =20 where he took a classical course, and, after an attendance of six years,=20 graduated in 1874 with honors. He distinguished himself while at the Univers= ity by=20 his studious habits and good scholarship. In his junior year he won the clas= s=20 medal, and later, as a prize for the leader in elocution, he was awarded a f= ine=20 Maltese cross, valued at $50, and at the close of his senior year, he won th= e=20 honor of being chosen to deliver the valedictory. In the fall of 1874 Mr.=20 Dodge entered upon the study of law in the office of Judge Tracy and attende= d the=20 State University of Iowa, where he took a regular law course, receiving his=20 diploma June 30, 1875. He at once entered upon the practice of his professio= n=20 at Burlington, trying his first case in court on the 12th of July following. Mr. Dodge was married at Burlington, Jan. 6, 1876, to Miss Ella Craig,=20 daughter of Robert E. Craig of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Dodge was born in New Lis= bon,=20 Ohio. On entering upon the practice of law at Burlington, Mr. Dodge was firs= t=20 associated with W. S. Fegan, and in 1876 formed the existing partnership wit= h his=20 brother, Senator W. W. Dodge. He is a Democrat in politics. The first=20 official position he was chosen to fill was that of City Solicitor, holding=20= the same=20 for one term. At the regular election of 1886, he was elected Prosecuting=20 Attorney for Des Moines County, and is now serving in that capacity. Mr. Dodge comes of an illustrious Democratic family, his immediate ancestors= ,=20 father and grandfather having been eminent statesmen of national reputation.= =20 His father, Gen. A. C. Dodge, was conspicuous in the public affairs of Iowa,= =20 represented the State in the National Congress from 1848 to 1855, and was=20 United States Minister to Spain during the years 1855-1859. His grandfather,= Henry=20 Dodge, was prominent in the early history of Wisconsin, was the first Govern= or=20 of that State, and was elected to the United States Senate. A peculiar=20 incident in the family history, well worthy of mention, was that of father a= nd son,=20 Henry and A. C. Dodge, sitting side by side in the United States Senate as=20 members of that body, representing different States. Charles J. Dodge inheri= ts=20 many of the brilliant qualities which made his illustrious father so popular= . He=20 is gifted as an orator, and has won a foremost place as a lawyer. Hon. William Wallace Dodge, a prominent lawyer of Burlington, Iowa, and the=20 present State Senator from the Ninth Senatorial District, was born in=20 Burlington, April 25, 1854.=A0 His father was the late Gen. Augustus C. Dodg= e, of whom a=20 sketch is given elsewhere in this volume.=A0 His grandfather, Gov. Henry Dod= ge,=20 was the first Governor of Wisconsin and also served as United States Senator= =20 from that State.=20 William Wallace Dodge received his literary education at Notre Dame, Ind.,=20 taking a scientific course and graduating in the class of '74.=A0 He then en= tered=20 the law department of the State University of Iowa, graduating in June, 1876= .=A0=20 He had the honor of being chosen president of class-day exercises on that=20 occasion, June 19, and was awarded the literary prize offered by the Burling= ton=20 bar to the graduating class for the best written argument on a given thesis=20= of=20 law.=A0 Immediately after taking his degree, Mr. Dodge entered upon the prac= tice=20 of his profession in his native city, in company with his brother, Clarence=20 J., under the firm name of Dodge & Dodge. By his brilliant talent, high mora= l=20 character and close application to business, he has won a prominent position= at=20 the bar.=20 Mr. Dodge is an earnest Democrat, and seems to have been born with a natural= =20 instinct for politics, in fact it might be said to be hereditary with him.= =A0=20 His father and grandfather before him were eminent statesmen and Democrats o= f=20 the old Hickory type.=A0 Both were members of the United States Senate at th= e same=20 time (the only instance in the history of the country where father and son=20 sat side by side as members of that body) one from Iowa and the other from=20 Wisconsin.=A0 Mr. Dodge began reading and talking politics in his youth, and= made his=20 maiden campaign speech while in company with his father at the little town o= f=20 Franklin, Lee Co., Iowa, during the Presidential campaign of 1876, since=20 which time he has taken an active part in every local and national campaign,= =20 speaking from the stump, serving on committees, presiding at conventions and= =20 working at the polls.=A0 He was chosen Captain of the Cleveland and Hendrick= s Club=20 during the campaign of 1884, served as Chairman of a number of Democratic Co= unty=20 Conventions, and as Delegate to local and State Conventions.=A0 At the=20 Democratic State Convention, held at Des Moines, Sept. 1, 1837, he had, for=20= a young=20 man, the distinguished honor of being chosen Temporary Chairman of that=20 organization, and performed the duties of his position with dignity and disp= atch.=A0=20 During many years of indefatigable effort in behalf of his party, Mr. Dodge=20= never=20 sought, nor would he accept, public office till the fall of 1884, when his=20 friends induced him to accept the nomination for State Senator, when, as if=20= to=20 prove the exception to the rule, that a "Prophet is never without honor save= in=20 his own country," he was elected by a majority of 934 over a popular=20 Republican candidate, who had the advantage of age, political experience, an= d the=20 prestige of a good soldier record.=A0 It was charged that, while Mr. Dodge p= ossessed=20 superior ability and unquestioned integrity, he was guilty of the heinous=20 crime of being a young man, and was lacking in legislative experience.=A0 Th= e first=20 fault, his friends claimed, time would remedy; and the latter he could more=20 quickly overcome by placing him where the necessary opportunity existed.=A0=20= His=20 course in the Senate has fully justified the most sanguine expectations of h= is=20 friends and constituents.=A0 His introduction of important bills, and able=20 management in securing their adoption, soon proved his lack of experience no= serious=20 hindrance to his usefulness, and his eloquent and logical speech in favor of= =20 impeachment of State Auditor Brown attracted general public attention.=A0 Hi= s=20 manly course in rejecting the so-called "$216 salary grab," and his sensible= =20 speech opposing it, was consistent with his high sense of honor, and was=20 generally approved by his constituents.=A0 He was the first to introduce a b= ill in the=20 Iowa Legislature on the subject of child labor, designed to prohibit employm= ent=20 of children under fifteen years of age, in factories, mines and work-shops.= =A0=20 Mr. Dodge has made the subject of that bill, and the laws of other States an= d=20 countries in regard to the same, a special study.=A0 His correspondence in=20 relation to the subject has been voluminous and varied, until he was well qu= alified=20 to be the champion of that worthy cause.=A0 He was the first to advance the=20 idea of making the Iowa Registry law an issue in politics, and predicting th= e bad=20 effect of its enforcement.=A0 The subsequent amendments of the law fully=20 justified his views.=20 Mr. Dodge is a most indefatigable worker in whatever he undertakes,=20 possessing intellectual faculties of a high order, and, with studious habits= , his=20 abilities, both natural and acquired, are such as attract attention and comm= and=20 respect.=A0 Nature has happily endowed him with a fine physique, a good voic= e and a=20 gift of oratory.=A0 Quick in perception and correct in analysis, his=20 conclusions are logical and convincing.=A0 While next to the youngest member= of the=20 Senate, Mr. Dodge has won a place in the foremost ranks of the legislatures=20= of the=20 State.=A0 His name has already received favorable mention as a future candid= ate=20 for Congress, and it is only a question of time when this talented young law= yer=20 will be found following closely upon the footsteps of his illustrious=20 ancestors in the halls of the National Congress.=20 Near the close of the session of the Twenty-second General Assembly of Iowa,= =20 he was appointed one of two selected from the Senate, to act on the committe= e=20 of five appointed to investigate certain charges that had been preferred=20 against the State University of Iowa.=A0 The investigation began on May 15,=20= 1888,=20 ended July 20, 1888, and to his credit be it said that he was the most faith= ful=20 member of the commission, not having lost a day from his labors.=A0 This is=20= but=20 an additional evidence to his fidelity to public duty. As a representative o= f=20 the younger generation, but one who has already made his mark among the=20 distinguished men of Des Moines County, we gladly present to the patrons of=20= the ALBUM=20 an excellent portrait of Mr. Dodge.=20 Eileen Dodge "Remember those from whence you came." --part1_15.45380b2a.2fc0aa32_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable These Bios are from the Portrait and Biograph= ical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa

Gen. Augustus C. Dodge is numbered among the honored pioneers of=20= Des Moines County, and during his life was among the most noted men. He spra= ng from good old Revolutionary stock, and the patriotism of his ancestors fo= und an abiding-place in his heart. Henry Dodge and Christiana, daughter of J= ames McDonald, were married in 1800, a few miles west of St. Louis. Of their= thirteen children nine grew to maturity, Augustus C. being the fourth in or= der of birth. He was born Jan. 2, 1812, at St. Genevieve, Mo., then in the t= erritority of Louisiana, the oldest settlement on the west side of the Missi= ssippi River, about sixty miles below St. Louis. In that new and sparsely se= ttled country his boyhood days were passed. His father was a man of note, ev= en at that time, and during the struggle with Great Britain, from 1812 to 18= 15, was in command of a battalion of militia, whose duty it was to keep the=20= Indians at bay. For his services he was appointed Brigadier General of the m= ilitia of the Missouri Territory. On the return of peace, he engaged in mini= ng and smelting, and in the manufacture of salt. The educational facilities=20= of that region were very scant, and the only school Augustus attended for a=20= few months was kept in a log school-house, in which the light came through g= reased paper; pencils were made from a bullet beaten into shape and hammered= to a point; pens were made with a Barlow knife, and ink from the boiling of= butternut bark or gunpowder. Meanwhile the boy gained strength and self-rel= iance for the struggle of life in which he was to engage. In 1827 the family= removed to the Fever River lead mines. Upon arriving at Galena, on July 4,=20= they found the town in a state of alarm from fear of an attack from the Winn= ebago Indians. Henry Dodge was at once waited upon by citizens and asked to=20= take command of forces for the defense of the mining district. Young Augustu= s wished to join them, and when told he was too young, appealed to his fathe= r, who, giving him a small shot gun, remarked, "Shoot well, my boy."

Upon the restoration of peace, Henry Dodge located at a point about forty-fi= ve miles northeast of Galena, to which was given the name Dodge's Grove. Whe= n the Black Hawk War broke out, in 1832, he was Colonel of the militia of Wi= sconsin Territory, and on the 25th of April was directed by Gen Atkinson to=20= raise as many mounted men in the mining regions as could be obtained for ser= vice against the hostile Indians. In one company then raised Augustus was el= ected Lieutenant of volunteers. for home protection, and in the battle of th= e Wisconsin he conducted himself bravely. On the march, or camping out, he w= as always cheerful and obliging to the men.

During these years the family divided their time between their residence nea= r Dodgeville and St. Genevieve, and Augustus made frequent trips between the= two places. In February, 1837, he visited the National Capitol, where, as t= he son of a friend of the President, and one who had made a national reputat= ion in the Black Hawk War, and through the attentions of his uncle, Senator=20= Linn, he enjoyed unusual facilities for seeing public men and observing publ= ic affairs.

Returning home, on the 19th of March, 1837, he was united in marriage, near=20= St. Genevieve, with Miss Clara A. Hertich, daughter of Prof. Joseph Hertich.= Their union was an exceedingly happy one, and to them were born eight child= ren--William J., Marceline M., Augustus V., Christiana, Clara A., Henry J.,=20= Charles J. and William W.

In 1838 Mr. Dodge was appointed by President Van Buren, Register of the Unit= ed States Land Office at Burlington, and removed to this city, which was his= home the rest of his life. He made an exceedingly popular officer, often go= ing out of the way to help some unfortunate settler in securing the title to= his land. The services then rendered were remembered by the settlers in aft= er years.

On the 14th day of January, 1839, Mr. Dodge was appointed, by Gov. Lucas, Br= igadier General of the 2d Brigade of the 1st Division of the Militia of Iowa= Territory. In the fall of that year Missouri laid claim to a portion of Iow= a Territory on its southern border, which was the occasion of great exciteme= nt. December 11 Gen. Dodge's brigade was called out. On reaching Van Buren C= ounty, Gen. Dodge was sent with two others to the encampment of the Missouri= militia, and a friendly conference following, an amicable settlement was ar= ranged, and the troops disbanded.

In the summer of 1840, without thought or effort on his part, Gen. Dodge was= nominated Delegate to Congress. He made a canvass of the Territory, in comp= any with his Whig competitor, Alfred Rich, and was elected by a majority of=20= 585, receiving many Whig votes. On the 2d of September he took his seat in C= ongress, and on the 7th of December following, he welcomed his father to a s= eat by his side, as a Delegate from the Territory of Wisconsin, the first an= d only instance of a father and son sitting together in the House of Represe= ntatives since the foundation of the Government. He served as Delegate until= the admission of Iowa into the Union, Dec. 28, 1846, a period of six years=20= of laborious service. In the limits of this sketch a record of this service=20= cannot be given, and the reader's attention is called to the life of Gen. Do= dge, by Dr. William Salter, published in 1887. The First General Assembly of= the State of Iowa was not able to agree upon the election of United States=20= Senators, but the Second Assembly, Dec. 2, 1848, elected Gen. Dodge and Geor= ge W. Jones. Mr. Dodge drew for the short term, ending March 4, 1848, and wa= s at once re-elected for the term ending March 4, 1855. As seven years befor= e the son had welcomed the father to a seat by his side in the House of Repr= esentatives, so now the father, who had entered the Senate on the 23d of the= previous June, as one of the Senators from the State of Wisconsin, greeted=20= the arrival of his son in the Senate Chamber. This was an unprecedented occu= rance. It was also noteworthy that Augustus C. Dodge was the first person bo= rn west of the Mississippi River to become a Senator of the United States. H= e was congratulated by Mrs. Fremont, wife of Gen. Fremont, who said: "Genera= l, I am sure that you will be the best behaved man in the Senate, on the gro= und that a dutiful son will be exceedingly decorous in the immediate presenc= e of his father." The time in which Gen. Dodge served in the United States S= enate was an exciting one in the history of the country. He favored the Comp= romise Bill of 1850, but voted against Jefferson Davis' proposition to make=20= void a prohibition of slavery that had existed under the Mexican law, and ex= tend the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820, so as to authorize slavery north=20= of it, and he voted for the admission of California under her constitution p= rohibiting slavery. Mr. Dodge served as Chairman of the Committee on Public=20= Lands, and favored the passage of the Homestead Bill. In the Kansas-Nebraska= struggle of 1854, he followed the lead of Stephen A. Douglas. One of the be= st speeches delivered in the Senate in favor of the organization of Kansas a= nd Nebraska under the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and sneeringly spoken of as "Squ= atter Sovereignty," was by him. In answer to Sen. Brown, of Mississippi, who= said, "There are certain menial employments which belong exclusively to the= negro," he replied: "Sir, I tell the Senator from Mississippi, I speak it u= pon the floor of the American Senate, in the presence of my father, who will= attest its truth, that I performed and do perform, when at home, all of the= se menial services to which the Senator referred in terms so grating to my f= eelings. As a general thing I saw my own wood, do all my own marketing. I ha= ve driven teams, horses, mules and oxen, and considered myself as respectabl= e then as I now do, or as any Senator upon the floor."

On the 8th of February, 1855, Mr. Dodge resigned his seat in the Senate, and= on the following day President Pierce nominated him to be Minister Plenipot= entiary to the Court of Spain. He was confirmed, and served with great credi= t to himself and the General Government until the summer of 1859, when he re= turned home and made the race for Governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket,= but could not overcome the strong Republican majority. The following extrac= t is from Salter's Life of the General:

"Withdrawn the rest of his life, for the most part, from official station, M= r. Dodge retained to the end his interest in public affairs, and his unswerv= ing devotion to the Democratic party, of which he remained a recognized lead= er. On several occasions his name was presented as a suitable candidate for=20= the highest offices in the Nation, but he himself never aided or abetted any= movement to that end. In 1872 he advocated union with the Liberal Republica= ns, and the election of Horace Greeley for President. In 1874 he was elected= Mayor of Burlington by a spontaneous movement of citizens, irrespective of=20= party. In 1875 he served, by appointment of Gov. Carpenter, on a commission=20= to investigate alleged abuses in a reform school in Eldora, and aided in int= roducing a more humane discipline into that institution. An ardent friend of= youth, he was a frequent visitor at schools, and gave help and cheer to man= y in their struggles for an education. He sustained the cause of temperance=20= in vigorous addresses, discountenanced the drink habit by consistent example= , and looked to the invigoration of man's moral sense for the suppression of= intemperance; not to prohibitory legislation. At meetings of pioneers and o= ld settlers he was an honored guest, and never wearied in commemorating thei= r exploits and labors. He presided over the semi-centennial celebration of t= he settlement of Iowa, on the 1st of June 1883, at Burlington, and gave surp= assing dignity and zest to that occasion. It was a sight that can never be l= ooked upon again to see that illustrious pioneer of Iowa, at the age of more= than threescore and ten, pour forth from his capacious, accurate and ready=20= memory, treasures of information concerning the beginning of the commonwealt= h. He seemed as if inspired with a religious zeal to snatch from oblivion th= e memory of our founders for the instruction of after times. A few months la= ter came the fatal sickness and the final hour. He died on the 20th of Novem= ber, 1883, in the bosom of his family, sharing the consolation of religion,=20= his last words, "Bless the Lord."

We know that every reader of this work will be pleased to see the portrait o= f this eminent man shown upon a preceeding page, and will treasure the volum= e from that fact. No other man did greater honor to Des Moines County than G= en. Augustus C. Dodge.

Augustus Villars Dodge, of Burlington, Iowa, is a native of Misso= uri, born Jan. 31, 1842, and was the son of Gen. Augustus C. and Clara A. Do= dge.=A0 His education was received in Paris, Madrid, and at Roxbury Latin Sc= hool, of Boston, Mass., and began business with Hayden & Co., of Chicago= , later employed by John H. Gear, with whom he was employed as a traveling s= alesman.=A0 In 1868 he engaged in the grocery business for himself, and in 1= 871 formed a partnership with a Mr. Rankin in the wholesale produce and ice=20= business.

On the 15th of April, 1873, at Fairfield, Iowa, Mr. Dodge was united in marr= iage with Virginia A. Temple, a native of that city, and a daughter of Georg= e D. and Sarah J. (Thompson) Temple.=A0 Her father came to Burlington, with=20= his parents, one year prior to the arrival of Gen. Dodge.=A0 Two children gr= aced this union -- Henry Temple, born June 4, 1874, and Villars Atherton, Ap= ril 29, 1876, Burlington being the birthplace of both.=A0 The death of Mr. D= odge occurred March 25, 1888.=A0 He was highly educated, and a man of=A0 lit= erary tastes and studious habits, fond of music and the drama.=A0 He was a R= oyal Arch Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and also belonged to the Modern Woodme= n.=A0 In politics he was a Democrat.=A0 Mrs. Dodge is a member of the Episco= pal Church.

Charles Jones Dodge, Prosecuting Attorney for Des Moines County,=20= Iowa, was born in Washington, D. C., July 31, 1852, and is the son of Gen. A= ugustus C. and Clara A. (Hertich) Dodge. He spent four years of his childhoo= d at Madrid while his father was United States Minister at the Spanish Court= , and on his return to America made his home at Burlington, Iowa, the perman= ent place of residence of the family. His preparatory education was received= in the city schools, and when fifteen years of age he entered the Universit= y of Notre Dame, Ind., where he took a classical course, and, after an atten= dance of six years, graduated in 1874 with honors. He distinguished himself=20= while at the University by his studious habits and good scholarship. In his=20= junior year he won the class medal, and later, as a prize for the leader in=20= elocution, he was awarded a fine Maltese cross, valued at $50, and at the cl= ose of his senior year, he won the honor of being chosen to deliver the vale= dictory. In the fall of 1874 Mr. Dodge entered upon the study of law in the=20= office of Judge Tracy and attended the State University of Iowa, where he to= ok a regular law course, receiving his diploma June 30, 1875. He at once ent= ered upon the practice of his profession at Burlington, trying his first cas= e in court on the 12th of July following.

Mr. Dodge was married at Burlington, Jan. 6, 1876, to Miss Ella Craig, daugh= ter of Robert E. Craig of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Dodge was born in New Lisbon,=20= Ohio. On entering upon the practice of law at Burlington, Mr. Dodge was firs= t associated with W. S. Fegan, and in 1876 formed the existing partnership w= ith his brother, Senator W. W. Dodge. He is a Democrat in politics. The firs= t official position he was chosen to fill was that of City Solicitor, holdin= g the same for one term. At the regular election of 1886, he was elected Pro= secuting Attorney for Des Moines County, and is now serving in that capacity= .

Mr. Dodge comes of an illustrious Democratic family, his immediate ancestors= , father and grandfather having been eminent statesmen of national reputatio= n. His father, Gen. A. C. Dodge, was conspicuous in the public affairs of Io= wa, represented the State in the National Congress from 1848 to 1855, and wa= s United States Minister to Spain during the years 1855-1859. His grandfathe= r, Henry Dodge, was prominent in the early history of Wisconsin, was the fir= st Governor of that State, and was elected to the United States Senate. A pe= culiar incident in the family history, well worthy of mention, was that of f= ather and son, Henry and A. C. Dodge, sitting side by side in the United Sta= tes Senate as members of that body, representing different States. Charles J= . Dodge inherits many of the brilliant qualities which made his illustrious=20= father so popular. He is gifted as an orator, and has won a foremost place a= s a lawyer.

Hon. William Wallace Dodge, a prominent lawyer of Burlington, Iow= a, and the present State Senator from the Ninth Senatorial District, was bor= n in Burlington, April 25, 1854.=A0 His father was the late Gen. Augustus C.= Dodge, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere in this volume.=A0 His grandfath= er, Gov. Henry Dodge, was the first Governor of Wisconsin and also served as= United States Senator from that State.

William Wallace Dodge received his literary education at Notre Dame, Ind., t= aking a scientific course and graduating in the class of '74.=A0 He then ent= ered the law department of the State University of Iowa, graduating in June,= 1876.=A0 He had the honor of being chosen president of class-day exercises=20= on that occasion, June 19, and was awarded the literary prize offered by the= Burlington bar to the graduating class for the best written argument on a g= iven thesis of law.=A0 Immediately after taking his degree, Mr. Dodge entere= d upon the practice of his profession in his native city, in company with hi= s brother, Clarence J., under the firm name of Dodge & Dodge. By his bri= lliant talent, high moral character and close application to business, he ha= s won a prominent position at the bar.

Mr. Dodge is an earnest Democrat, and seems to have been born with a natural= instinct for politics, in fact it might be said to be hereditary with him.= =A0 His father and grandfather before him were eminent statesmen and Democra= ts of the old Hickory type.=A0 Both were members of the United States Senate= at the same time (the only instance in the history of the country where fat= her and son sat side by side as members of that body) one from Iowa and the=20= other from Wisconsin.=A0 Mr. Dodge began reading and talking politics in his= youth, and made his maiden campaign speech while in company with his father= at the little town of Franklin, Lee Co., Iowa, during the Presidential camp= aign of 1876, since which time he has taken an active part in every local an= d national campaign, speaking from the stump, serving on committees, presidi= ng at conventions and working at the polls.=A0 He was chosen Captain of the=20= Cleveland and Hendricks Club during the campaign of 1884, served as Chairman= of a number of Democratic County Conventions, and as Delegate to local and=20= State Conventions.=A0 At the Democratic State Convention, held at Des Moines= , Sept. 1, 1837, he had, for a young man, the distinguished honor of being c= hosen Temporary Chairman of that organization, and performed the duties of h= is position with dignity and dispatch.=A0 During many years of indefatigable= effort in behalf of his party, Mr. Dodge never sought, nor would he accept,= public office till the fall of 1884, when his friends induced him to accept= the nomination for State Senator, when, as if to prove the exception to the= rule, that a "Prophet is never without honor save in his own country," he w= as elected by a majority of 934 over a popular Republican candidate, who had= the advantage of age, political experience, and the prestige of a good sold= ier record.=A0 It was charged that, while Mr. Dodge possessed superior abili= ty and unquestioned integrity, he was guilty of the heinous crime of being a= young man, and was lacking in legislative experience.=A0 The first fault, h= is friends claimed, time would remedy; and the latter he could more quickly=20= overcome by placing him where the necessary opportunity existed.=A0 His cour= se in the Senate has fully justified the most sanguine expectations of his f= riends and constituents.=A0 His introduction of important bills, and able ma= nagement in securing their adoption, soon proved his lack of experience no s= erious hindrance to his usefulness, and his eloquent and logical speech in f= avor of impeachment of State Auditor Brown attracted general public attentio= n.=A0 His manly course in rejecting the so-called "$216 salary grab," and hi= s sensible speech opposing it, was consistent with his high sense of honor,=20= and was generally approved by his constituents.=A0 He was the first to intro= duce a bill in the Iowa Legislature on the subject of child labor, designed=20= to prohibit employment of children under fifteen years of age, in factories,= mines and work-shops.=A0 Mr. Dodge has made the subject of that bill, and t= he laws of other States and countries in regard to the same, a special study= .=A0 His correspondence in relation to the subject has been voluminous and v= aried, until he was well qualified to be the champion of that worthy cause.= =A0 He was the first to advance the idea of making the Iowa Registry law an=20= issue in politics, and predicting the bad effect of its enforcement.=A0 The=20= subsequent amendments of the law fully justified his views.

Mr. Dodge is a most indefatigable worker in whatever he undertakes, possessi= ng intellectual faculties of a high order, and, with studious habits, his ab= ilities, both natural and acquired, are such as attract attention and comman= d respect.=A0 Nature has happily endowed him with a fine physique, a good vo= ice and a gift of oratory.=A0 Quick in perception and correct in analysis, h= is conclusions are logical and convincing.=A0 While next to the youngest mem= ber of the Senate, Mr. Dodge has won a place in the foremost ranks of the le= gislatures of the State.=A0 His name has already received favorable mention=20= as a future candidate for Congress, and it is only a question of time when t= his talented young lawyer will be found following closely upon the footsteps= of his illustrious ancestors in the halls of the National Congress.

Near the close of the session of the Twenty-second General Assembly of Iowa,= he was appointed one of two selected from the Senate, to act on the committ= ee of five appointed to investigate certain charges that had been preferred=20= against the State University of Iowa.=A0 The investigation began on May 15,=20= 1888, ended July 20, 1888, and to his credit be it said that he was the most= faithful member of the commission, not having lost a day from his labors.= =A0 This is but an additional evidence to his fidelity to public duty. As a=20= representative of the younger generation, but one who has already made his m= ark among the distinguished men of Des Moines County, we gladly present to t= he patrons of the ALBUM an excellent portrait of Mr. Dodge.





Eileen Dodge
"Remember those from whence you came."
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