Henry Dodge Henry Dodge ( October 12 , 1782June 19 , 1867 ) was a Democratic member of the U . S . House of Representatives and U . S . Senate , Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Black Hawk War . His son was Augustus C . Dodge with whom he served in the U . S . Senate , the first , and so far only , father - son pair to serve concurrently . Henry Dodge was the half brother of Lewis F . Linn . James Clarke , the Governor of Iowa Territory , was the son - in - law of Henry Dodge . Early life . Although Dodge was born in Vincennes , Indiana , he was raised a Kentuckian . Circumstance drove him to Spanish Missouri at an early age , where he rejoined his father Israel and an uncle . He dabbled in salt boiling and lead digging , and served as deputy sheriff of Ste . Genevieve County under his father . In 1800 , he married Christiana McDonald . Career . War of 1812 . In the War of 1812 , Dodge enlisted as a captain in the Missouri State Volunteers . He was part of a mounted company . He finished the war as a major general of the Missouri militia . His crowning achievement was saving about 150 Miami Indians from certain massacre after their raid on the Boone ' s Lick settlement in the summer of 1814 . Dodge emigrated with his large family and slaves inherited from his father to the U . S . Mineral District in early July 1827 . He served as a commander of militia during the Red Bird uprising of that year , and in October settled a large tract in present day downtown Dodgeville , known then as " Dodge ' s Camp . " He worked a large claim until around 1830 , when he moved several miles south in a beautiful forested area known still as " Dodge ' s Grove . " Here he began building what would become a large two - story frame house for his ever growing extended family . Black Hawk War . Dodge rose to prominence during the Black Hawk War of 1832 . As colonel of the western Michigan Territory militia , Dodge brought a credible fighting force into being in a very short time . More than fifteen forts , fortified homes and blockhouses sprang up almost overnight . From these forts , Dodge and the mounted volunteers , with four companies of Territorial militia and one of Illinois mounted rangers , took to the field as the " Michigan Mounted Volunteers . " Dodge and his men saw action at the battles of Horseshoe Bend , Wisconsin Heights , and Bad Axe . In June 1832 , he accepted a commission as Major ( United States ) of the Regiment of Mounted Rangers , commissioned by an Act of Congress . The ranger experiment lasted a year , and then , in 1833 , was replaced by the United States Regiment of Dragoons . Dodge served as colonel ; one of his captains was Nathan Boone , Daniel Boone ' s youngest son . The United States Regiment of Dragoons was the first mounted Regular Army unit in United States Army history . In the summer of 1834 , Colonel Dodge engaged on First Dragoon Expedition and made successful contact with the Comanches . He was a renowned Indian fighter , most noted for his 1835 peace mission commissioned by President Andrew Jackson , who had called out the U . S . Dragoons to assist . Territorial Governor . Dodge was the first Territorial Governor of Wisconsin Territory from 1836 – 1841 and again from 1845 – 1848 , an area which encompassed ( before July 4 , 1838 , when Iowa became a territory ) what became the states of Wisconsin , Iowa , and Minnesota . In between this two terms as Governor , Dodge was elected as a non - voting Democratic Delegate to the Twenty - seventh and Twenty - eighth Congresses ( March 4 , 1841 – March 3 , 1845 ) representing Wisconsin Territory ' s At - large congressional district . He declined a nomination for the Presidency of the United States in the 1844 Democratic National Convention . He was loyal to Martin Van Buren and both men opposed the annexation of Texas . Despite their efforts , James K . Polk , the Democrat who favored annexation , became President . Upon Wisconsin being admitted to the Union , Dodge was elected one of its first two senators . He served two terms . He turned down the appointment of Territorial Governor of Washington from Franklin Pierce in 1857 . Death . Dodge passed away in 1867 in Burlington , Iowa . He is interred at the Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington . Legacy . In 1948 , Iowa County presented a estate to the State of Wisconsin which eventually was named Governor Dodge State Park . Over the years , this park has grown to include in the area Henry Dodge once called his home . Dodge County , Wisconsin was named after Dodge . Dodge County , Minnesota and Henry County , Iowa were also named after Dodge . Fort Clark , the U . S . Army post built near the present - day location of Fort Dodge , Iowa , was renamed for Senator Dodge around 1850 .