Facts: - profession: politician - death place: burlington , iowa , us - preceded: pierre chapman soule '' -lrb- none -rrb- '' william w. - president: franklin pierce - party: democrat - battles: black hawk war - death date: 20 november 1883 - office: united iowa delegate to the u.s. house of representatives from iowa states territory 's at-large congressional district ambassador to spain united states senator from - term end: march 28 , 1846 12 , 1859 february 22 , 1855 december - succeeded: william iowa 's at-large congressional district -rrb- preston james harlan serranus clinton hastings -lrb- from - term start: february 28 , 1840 22 , 1855 december 7 , 1848 october - birth date: 2 january 1812 - name: augustus caesar dodge - branch: united states army - birth place: ste. genevieve , missouri , us Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of augustus c. dodge .
augustus caesar dodge -lrb- january 2 , 1812november 20 , 1883 -rrb- was one of the first set of united states senators to represent the state of iowa after it was admitted to the union as a state in 1846 .dodge , a democrat , had also represented iowa territory in congress as its delegate to the u.s. house of representatives from 1840 to 1846 .he was born in what is now ste. genevieve , missouri -lrb- then in louisiana territory -rrb- .self-educated , he moved to illinois in 1827 , settled in galena , and was employed there in various capacities in his father 's lead mines .he served in the black hawk war and other indian wars .in 1837 , he moved to what is now burlington , iowa -lrb- then in wisconsin territory -rrb- , where he served as register of the land office until 1840 .congress created iowa territory in 1838 , from what was formerly the iowa district of wisconsin territory .as a result of the act of march 3 , 1839 , the position of iowa territory 's delegate to the u.s. house would become vacant on october 27 , 1840 , and dodge was elected to fill it .after initially serving in the twenty-sixth united states congress , he was re-elected in 1840 -lrb- to the twenty-seventh congress -rrb- , 1842 -lrb- to the twenty-eighth congress -rrb- , and 1844 -lrb- to the twenty-ninth congress -rrb- .he served as delegate until iowa became a state in december 1846 , and his role was replaced by two voting representatives .for its first two years , the iowa general assembly failed to choose iowa 's first u.s. senators , due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators ' votes .however , after the 1848 elections gave the democratic party a greater share of iowa legislators , dodge -lrb- and george w. jones -rrb- were elected as iowa 's first two u.s. senators .by drawing lots , dodge received the seat with the shorter term -lrb- to expire in 1849 -rrb- , but was re-elected that year to a full six-year term .while in the senate , he served as...