January 2, 1812 – Iowa’s first U.S. Senator – Augustus Caesar Dodge is born in Louisiana Territory – what is now Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
Self-educated, Dodge moved to Illinois in 1827, settling in Galena, and employed in various capacities in his father’s (Senator Henry Dodge) lead mines. Augustus served in the Black Hawk War (1832), and in 1837, moved to Burlington – which was then in Wisconsin Territory – where he served as Registrar of the U.S. Land Office until 1840. Politically, Dodge was appointed as a Democratic delegate to the U.S. Congress – representing Iowa Territory – from 1840 until Iowa became a state in 1846.
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