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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaGrenville Mellen DODGE
(1831-1916)
DODGE, Grenville Mellen, a
Representative from Iowa; born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass.,
April 12, 1831; attended the Danvers public schools and Durham
Academy, New Hampshire; was graduated as a civil engineer from
Norwich University, Vermont, in 1851; moved to Iowa and settled in
Council Bluffs; member of the city council of Council Bluffs in
1860; entered the Union Army as colonel of the Fourth Iowa
Volunteer Infantry on July 6, 1861; promoted to brigadier general
of Volunteers March 21, 1862, and major general June 7, 1864;
resigned from the Army May 30, 1866; chief engineer of the Union
Pacific Railroad 1866-1870; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth
Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); declined to be a candidate
for renomination in 1868; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1868, 1872, and 1876; settled in New York City;
president of the commission to inquire into the management of the
war with Spain; died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 3, 1916;
interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
Farnham, Wallace D. “Grenville Dodge and the Union Pacific: A
Study of Historical Legends.” Journal of American
History 51 (March 1965): 632-50; Hirshon, Stanley P.
Grenville M. Dodge: Soldier, Politician, Railroad Pioneer.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1967.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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