List of United States Political Families (D) - The Dodges

The Dodges

  • Henry Dodge (1782–1867), Governor of Wisconsin Territory 1836–1841 1845–1848, U.S. Congressional Delegate from Wisconsin Territory 1841–1845, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 1848–1857. Brother of Lewis F. Linn.
  • Lewis F. Linn (1795–1843), U.S. Senator from Missouri 1833–1843. Brother of Henry Dodge.
  • James Hugh Relfe (1791–1863), Missouri State Representative 1835–1844, U.S. Representative from Missouri 1843–1847. Brother-in-law of Lewis F. Linn.
    • Augustus C. Dodge (1812–1883), U.S. Congressional Delegate from Iowa Territory 1840–1846, U.S. Senator from Iowa 1847–1855, U.S. Minister to Spain 1855–1859, candidate for Governor of Iowa 1859. Son of Henry Dodge.
    • James Clarke (1812–1850), Secretary of Iowa Territory 1839–1841, Mayor of Burlington, Iowa 1844–1845; delegate to the Iowa Territory Constitutional Convention 1844; Governor of Iowa Territory 1845–1846. Son-in-law of Henry Dodge.
      • Lewis Linn McArthur (1843–1897), Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court 1870–1878, Circuit Court Judge in Oregon 1883–1886, U.S. Attorney for Oregon 1886–1890. Grandnephew of Lewis F. Linn.
        • Clifton N. McArthur (1879–1923), Oregon State Representative 1909–1913, U.S. Representative from Oregon 1915–1923. Son of Lewis Linn McArthur.

NOTE: Clifton N. McArthur was also grandson of U.S. Senator James W. Nesmith.

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