Francis Henry Dodds (June 9, 1858 – December 23, 1940), was a politician from the

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. Dodds was born on a farm near Waddington in

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. He attended the local schools and moved with his parents to

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, in 1866. He graduated from

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and taught school at Olivet and

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. He graduated from the law department of the

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at Ann Arbor in 1880 and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law at Mount Pleasant. He served as city attorney of Mount Pleasant, 1892–1894; and was a member of the board of education, 1894-1897. Dodds was elected as a

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from

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to the 61st and 62nd Congresses, serving from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1913. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912. After leaving Congress, Dodds returned to Mount Pleasant and resumed the practice of law in until his death. He died aged 82 and is interred at Riverside Cemetery of Mount Pleasant.

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at ''The Political Graveyard'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dodds, Francis Henry 1858 births 1940 deaths People from Mount Pleasant, Michigan University of Michigan Law School alumni Michigan lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Olivet College alumni 19th-century American lawyers 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians