Asa Hodges
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Asa Hodges | |
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 Asa Hodges | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's1stdistrict | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Hanks |
| Succeeded by | Lucien C. Gause |
| Arkansas State Senator for Crittenden County | |
| In office 1870–1873 | |
| Member of theArkansas House of Representatives | |
| In office 1868 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 22, 1822 Lawrence County, Alabama,U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1900(aged 78) Marion, Arkansas,U.S. |
| Resting place | Elmwood Cemetery inShelby County, Tennessee |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Marion,Crittenden County,Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Hannibal-LaGrange University |
| Profession | Planter,attorney |
Asa Hodges(January 22, 1822 – June 6, 1900) was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and politician who served one term as aU.S. RepresentativeforArkansas's 1st congressional districtfrom 1873 to 1875.
Biography
[edit]Born nearMoultoninLawrence Countyin northernAlabama,Hodges moved toMarioninCrittenden Countyin northeasternArkansas.He attended La Grange Male and Female College inLaGrange,Missouri,now part ofHannibal-LaGrange UniversityinHannibal,Missouri. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and practiced until 1860.
On April 17, 1858, he married Caroline Sarah Turpin Chick, the widow of his relative, John W. Hodges.
Slaveholder
[edit]Prior to theAmerican Civil War,Hodges owned manyslavesnearMemphis,Tennessee.
Political career
[edit]He served as delegate to the Arkansas constitutional convention in 1867. He was a member of theArkansas House of Representativesfor a partial term in 1868 and theArkansas Senatefrom 1870 to 1873.
Congress
[edit]Hodges was elected as aRepublicanto the43rd United States Congress(March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875) to Arkansas' First District. He did not seek reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress and was succeeded by theDemocratLucien C. Gause.
Later career and death
[edit]Thereafter, he engaged infarming.
He died near Marion and is interred next to his wife atElmwood Cemeteryin Memphis inShelby County.
References
[edit]- United States Congress."Asa Hodges (id: H000671)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1822 births
- 1900 deaths
- People from Lawrence County, Alabama
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
- Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Republican Party Arkansas state senators
- 19th-century American planters
- Arkansas lawyers
- People from Marion, Arkansas
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Burials in Tennessee
- Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves