Portrait of Henry Dodge

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Title

Portrait of Henry Dodge

Subject

Dodge, Henry, 1782-1867
Wisconsin
War of 1812
Black Hawk War (1832)
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Governors

Description

Henry Dodge, shown here in an American officer's uniform of the 1820s or 1830s, served in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and as the first governor of the Territory of Wisconsin from 1836-1841. A Democrat, Dodge served as Wisconsin territorial delegate to Congress, 1841-1845, and was elected one of Wisconsin's first two federal senators in 1848. He served in the U.S. Senate until 1857. Dodge died in Iowa in 1867.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

en

Identifier

400195
Cased Photographs

Original Format

miniature portrait
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

12 x 10 cm