William Irving Dodge (c. 1789 Johnstown, then in Montgomery Co., now in

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– January 1873) was an American politician from

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Biography

He was the son of Maj. Gen. Richard Dodge (1762–1832) and Ann Sarah (Irving) Dodge (1770–1808), a sister of

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(1783–1859). On January 23, 1812, he married Patience Akin (1793–1879), and they had five children. He fought in the

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as a captain, and took part in the

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in September 1814.

Career

He was a

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, voting for James Monroe and

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. He was District Attorney of Montgomery County from 1821 to 1830. In

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, he ran for Congress in the 16th District, but was defeated by

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. He was a member of the

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(4th D.) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and

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s. Afterwards he removed to

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, and resumed the practice of law there. Col. Richard Irving Dodge was his nephew.

References

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 128ff, 140, 326 and 376; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dodge, William I 1780s births 1873 deaths People from Johnstown, New York Politicians from Syracuse, New York New York (state) state senators New York (state) Jacksonians 19th-century American legislators County district attorneys in New York (state) 1820 United States presidential electors New York (state) Democratic-Republicans Military personnel from Syracuse, New York