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of Latin in Jefferson college. Canonsl)!!!-:;, Pa., where lie reniaineil five years. In lyiJG lie be- came profe.s.sor of Latin and niatlieinatics in In- diana nniversity. an.l tlie following year he was transferred to the chair of Latin langnage and literatnre. He was professor of niallu-niatics in Williams college. 18C9-97. and mechanics was added to his department in 1878. He died in Willi.imstowi). Mass., April 25, 1897.

DODD, Edward, representative, was born in Sal. in. N.Y., in ISO."). He became a merchant in .\rgyle. X.Y., and was clerk of AVashiiigton connty, lS3."i— i4 ; a member of the state constitu- tional convention in l!^4G ; a representative in congress. IS-Jo-oO ; United States marshal for the northern district of New York. 1863-65. 1868-69; and a Re])nblican presidential elector in 1884. He died in Argyle. N.Y".. March 1, 1891.

DODD, Moses Woodruff, publisher, was born in Bloomtield. X.J.. Nov. 11. 1S13. He was gradu- ate.l at Princeton college in 1837. From 1839 to l^tV.t he c.onducteil a pnl)lisliing business in New York city, which was the foundation of the house known afterward as Dodd, Mead & Co. He died in N.-w York city. April 8. 1899.

DODDRIDGE, Philip, representative, was born in WelUburg. Va.. in 1772. His brother. Joseph Doddridge (1769-1826) was a Protestant Episcopal cl-Tgyman, and the aiitiior of Logan (1823) and X ife.f on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the 1 1 'eslern Country in 1763-S3 ( 1 824). He was a dele- gate to the Virginian legislature. 1815-16 and 1822- 23 ; member of the state constitutional convention, 1829-30. and a representative in congress, 1829-83. He died in Wushington. D.C., Nov. 19, 1832.

DODDS, Ozro J., representative, was born in Cincinnati. Ohio. March 22, 1840. He was edu- cated at Cincinnati college. In 1861 he enlisted in tlie 20th Ohio volunteers, was transferred to the 8IstOhio volunteers and in 1863 became lieutenant- colonel of the 1st Alabama cavalry. After the war he was admitted to the bar and practised in Cin- cinnati. He was a representative in the state legis- I;itnre. 1870-72, and a Democratic representative fr-.m the first district of Ohio in the 42d congress, 1872-7:!. He died in Columbus, Ohio, April 8, 1882.

DODGE, Augustus Caesar, senator, was born in St. Oenevieve, Mo., Jan. 12, 1812; son of Gen. Henrj' and Christiana (McDonald) Dodge. He served under his father in the Indian wars of 1827 and 1832; was registrar of the land office at Bur- lington. Iowa, 1838-39; a delegate from Iowa Ter- ritory to the 26th. 27th, 28th and 29th congresses. 1839-17; senator in congress from Iowa, 1848-55, drawing the short term in 1848, and re-elected in 1849 for the term expiring March 3, 1855: and was a Ca.s.s elector in 1848. He resigned his .seat in the senate Feb. 8, 1855, to accept the mission to Spain, having been appointed by President Pierce as

succes.sor to Pierre Soul6. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago in 1864, and mayor of Burlington, 1873-74. He was married to Clara Herdick. He died in Bur- lington, Iowa. Nov. 20, 1883.

DODGE, Ebenezer, educator, was born in Salem, Mass., April 22, 1819. He was graduated from Brown university in 1840, and was principal of the Shelburne Falls academy, 1840-42. He was graduated from the Newton theological insti- tulion in 1845, was ordained to the Baptist minis- try in the .same year ; was professor of Hebrew, Newport (Ky.) theological in.stitute, 1845-46; pas- tor at New Hampton, N.H., 1846-48, and at New London, N.H., 1849-53; professor of Biblical criti- cism and interpretation at Hamilton theological seminary, and profes.sor of Christian theology in Madison (afterward Colgate) university, 1861- 90. In 1868 he became president of the univer- sity, holding at the same time the chair of metaphysics. He received from BrowTi univer- sity the degi'ee of D.D. in 1861, arid from the University of Chicago that of LL.D. in 1869. He published: Christian Evidences (1868); and Theological Lectures (1883). He died in Hamil- ton, N.Y"., Jan. 5. 1890.

DODGE, Grenville Mellen, soldier, was born at Danvers, Mass., April 12, 1831 ; son of Sylvanus and Julia T. (Phillips) Dodge ; grandson of Solo- mon Dodge, and of Nathan Phillips, and a de- scendant of Richard Dodge of England. He was graduated from the military academy at Nor- wich, Vt., in 1851, and settled in Peru, 111., as a civil engineer, being employed in the construction of rail- roads. He removed to Iowa city in 1853 and to Council Bluffs the following Novem- ber. He organizec the Council Bluffs guards and was cho- sen its captain. At the breaking out of the civil war he was sent by Governor Kirkwood to Wash ington to arrange for the arming and

equipping of the Iowa troops. On successfully accomplishing his mission, he returned to raise the 4th Iowa infantry regiment, of which he was commissioned colonel, and also the 2d Iowa battery, which took his name. With this command he marched, in July, 1861, to north- western Mi.ssouri. In October, 1801, he was placed in conxmand of the frontier post at Rolla,