Asa Hodges
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Asa Hodges | |
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 Asa Hodges | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Hanks |
| Succeeded by | Lucien C. Gause |
| Member of the Arkansas State Senate from Crittenden County | |
| In office 1870–1873 | |
| Member of the Arkansas 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 in Shelby 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 a U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1873 to 1875.
Biography
[edit]Born near Moulton in Lawrence County in northern Alabama, Hodges moved to Marion in Crittenden County in northeastern Arkansas. He attended La Grange Male and Female College in LaGrange, Missouri, now part of Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, 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 the American Civil War, Hodges owned many slaves near Memphis, Tennessee.
Political career
[edit]He served as delegate to the Arkansas constitutional convention in 1867. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for a partial term in 1868 and the Arkansas Senate from 1870 to 1873.
Congress
[edit]Hodges was elected as a Republican to the 43rd 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 the Democrat Lucien C. Gause.
Later career and death
[edit]Thereafter, he engaged in farming.
He died near Marion and is interred next to his wife at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis in Shelby 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
- Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves