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 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 253 became clerk of the supreme court of the United States and was later reappointed sur- veyor-general in 1845. On the admission of Iowa to the Union in 1848, he was selected to represent the state in the senate, and was later re-elected, serving out two terms. After the close of his second term he was appointed minister to Bogota, serving until the outbreak of the Civil war. Senator Jones was one of the most respected and influential citizens of the city of Du- buque, where he made his home during the latter part of his life. His brother, Augustus Jones, himself be- came a famous man. He took part in the In- dian wars and later removed to Texas, where he soon became famous and influential. He was made a general in the army of the United States and served with distinction. The third one of the men who became sen- ators from St(^ Genevieve was Augustus C. Dodge, the son of Henry Dodge. He was born in Ste. Genevieve January 12, 1812, and when twenty-seven years old. after consider- able experience in both peace and war, I'e- moved to the territory of Wisconsin. Before his removal he married Miss Clara Hertich. the daughter of the famous teacher, Joseph Hertich. After removing to Wisconsin ]Ir. Dodge then made his home in Iowa. He en- listed in the army and served in the Black Hawk war under his father. Governor Heniy Dodge, of Iowa. In 1838 he was appointed registrar of th<^ land office at Burlington, Iowa. In 1841 he became delegate to Congress, and in 1847 was elected United Senator, serving to 1855. Both he and his father were influential men and voted and worked for every measure having to do with the upbuilding of the west. Gen- eral Dodge was a particularly strong advo- cate of the homestead bill, of the bills for the establishment of military forts in the west, and worked for the admission of California as a state, and the establishment of territorial governments in New Mexico and Utah. It was rather an unusual scene in the sen- ate at this time when a father and son rep- resented two states, Wisconsin and Iowa. It is one of the few instances in the history of our country. After the close of his term in the senate, Senator Dodge was appointed as minister to Spain, and he discharged the duties of this position with great credit to himself. He died at Burlington, Iowa, November 20, 1883, but until the time of his death was an influ- ential man, well known throughout this part of the country. The fifth native of Ste. Genevieve who be- came a senator of the United States was Lewis V. Bogy. His father, Joseph Bogy, ^^as a native of Kaskaskia. He became a citi- zen of Ste. Genevieve in the earlj* history of the state, and himself filled several places of trust under the Spanish and American gov- ernments. He was private secretary of Gov- ernor Morales, then a member of the terri- torial legislature, and afterwards a state sen- ator of Missouri. His wife was a member of the family of Beauvais, one of the pioneer families of the state. Lewis V. Bogy was born in Ste. Genevieve in 1813. He received a good education, stud- ied law in Kentucky, and taught for a .short time in Wayne county, Kentuckj'. He was a volunteer in the Black Hawk war of 1832, and established himself as a lawyer in Ste. Genevieve in 1835. He became a member of the legislature from St. Louis, to whieh place he removed in 1840. He was a Whig and a very strong supporter of Mr. Clay. In 1849 he returned to Ste. Genevieve, taking part m all the political disputes of that time, and