Ozro J. Dodds

Ozro John Dodds
Ozro John Dodds
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Ohio's 1st district
	In office; October 8, 1872 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Aaron F. Perry
Succeeded by	Milton Sayler
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives; from the Hamilton County district
	In office; January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1870 Serving with nine others
Preceded by	nine others
Succeeded by	ten others
Personal details
Born	March 22, 1840; Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	April 18, 1882 (aged 42); Columbus, Ohio
Resting place	Spring Grove Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Miami University; Cincinnati Law School

Ozro John Dodds (March 22, 1840 – April 18, 1882) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who briefly served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1872 to 1873.

Early life, education and career

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dodds attended the common schools, and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, for four years.

Civil War

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized Captain Dodd's Miami University company and enlisted on April 18, 1861, as captain of Company B, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Regiment. He served as captain of Company F, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry from September 1, 1861, to January 1, 1863. He became lieutenant colonel of the First Alabama Union Cavalry October 18, 1863.^[1]

Law degree

At the close of the war was given his degree from Miami University. He studied law at Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Cincinnati.

Political career

He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871.^[2]

Congress

Dodds was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron F. Perry and served from October 8, 1872, to March 3, 1873. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1872.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law at Cincinnati.^[3]

He died in Columbus, Ohio, April 18, 1882. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Legacy

Dodds Hall is a residence hall on the Miami University campus named in his memory.

External links

Ozro J. Dodds at Find a Grave

References

^ Chamberlin, William Henry (1865). History of the Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers: During the War of the Rebellion. Cincinnati, OH: Gazette Steam Printing House. p. 184.
^ Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1871). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio. Vol. LXVII. Columbus, OH: The State. p. 4.
^ Ohio General Assembly Senate Committee to Investigate the Publication and Distribution of the Revised Statutes (1880). Investigation in Reference to Publication and Distribution of the Revised Statutes of Ohio by Senate Committee. Columbus, OH: Nevins & Myers. p. 98.

United States Congress. "Ozro J. Dodds (id: D000393)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Aaron F. Perry	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st congressional district 1872-1873	Succeeded by Milton Sayler

[1] Chamberlin, William Henry (1865). History of the Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers: During the War of the Rebellion. Cincinnati, OH: Gazette Steam Printing House. p. 184.

[2] Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1871). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio. Vol. LXVII. Columbus, OH: The State. p. 4.

[3] Ohio General Assembly Senate Committee to Investigate the Publication and Distribution of the Revised Statutes (1880). Investigation in Reference to Publication and Distribution of the Revised Statutes of Ohio by Senate Committee. Columbus, OH: Nevins & Myers. p. 98.

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