Augustus C. Dodge
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Augustus Caesar Dodge was a Democratic delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa Territory, a U.S. minister to Spain, and one of the first set of United States senators to represent Iowa
Augustus Caesar Dodge
George Wallace Jones
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George Wallace Jones was an American frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union i
Augustus C. Dodge
…required number of 30 legislators' votes. However, after the 1848 elections gave the Democratic Party a greater share of Iowa legislators, Dodge (and George Wallace Jones) were elected as Iowa's first two U.S. senators. By drawing lots, Dodge received the seat with the shorter term (to expire in 1849), but was re-elected…
George Wallace Jones, US Senator