Dodge (surname)
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Dodge is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
Those bearing it include:
- Henry DodgeHenry DodgeHenry Dodge 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....
(1782-1867), 19th-century politician - Augustus C. DodgeAugustus C. DodgeAugustus Caesar Dodge 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...
(1812-1883), Congressional delegate for the Iowa Territory who became of its first senators - William E. DodgeWilliam E. DodgeWilliam Earle Dodge, Sr. was a New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the American Civil War. Dodge was also a noted abolitionist, and Native American rights activist and served as the president of the National Temperance...
(1805–1883), one of the "merchant princes of Wall Street" during the 19th century - Richard Irving DodgeRichard Irving DodgeRichard Irving Dodge was a colonel in the United States Army.Dodge was born in North Carolina and died after a long and successful career in the U.S. Army. He began as a cadet in 1844 and retired as a Colonel May 19, 1891....
(1827-1895), army officer and author - Mary Mapes DodgeMary Mapes DodgeMary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker.-Biography:...
(1831–1905) - Grenville M. DodgeGrenville M. DodgeGrenville Mellen Dodge was a Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad....
(1831–1916), an army officer, railroad executive and politician ; Dodge City, KansasDodge City, KansasDodge City is a city in, and the county seat of, Ford County, Kansas, United States. Named after nearby Fort Dodge, the city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,340.-History:The first settlement of...
is named after him - John Francis DodgeJohn Francis DodgeJohn Francis Dodge was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.-Biography:...
(1864-1920), automobile pioneers and founders of Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company - Horace Elgin DodgeHorace Elgin DodgeHorace Elgin Dodge, Sr. was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.-Early years and business:...
(1868–1920), automobile pioneers and founders of Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company - Joshua Eric DodgeJoshua Eric DodgeJoshua Eric Dodge was a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and legislator.Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, Dodge graduated from Grinnell College and Boston University School of Law. Moving to Racine, Wisconsin, Dodge practiced law and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1891...
(1854–1921) Wisconsin Supreme Court - Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr.Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr.Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. was the heir to the Remington-Rockefeller fortune who died in a car accident in France...
(1908-1930) child of Geraldine R. Dodge and Marcellus Hartley Dodge Sr., died in an automobile accident and made namesake of memorials at the Great SwampGreat Swamp National Wildlife RefugeThe Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey. Established in 1960, it is one of more than 550 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System.The refuge was declared a National Natural Landmark in May 1966...
, Princeton University, Columbia University, and in Madison, New JerseyMadison, New JerseyMadison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at .... - Henry Percival Dodge (1870-1936)
- Johnnie DodgeJohnnie DodgeMajor John 'Johnnie' Bigelow Dodge DSO DSC MC also known as 'the Artful Dodger' was a British Army officer who fought in both world wars and became a notable prisoner of war during the Second World War and survived The Great Escape....
(1894-1960), British army officer serving both world wars and 'Great Escaper' - Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr.Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr.Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. was the chairman of the board of Remington Arms Company and a member of the family associated with the Phelps Dodge Corporation. He also was president of the Y.M.C.A.-Biography:...
(1881-1963), philanthropist, owner and chairman of the Remington Arms Company, heir to the Hartley fortune, married Geraldine Rockefeller - Joseph DodgeJoseph DodgeJoseph Morrell Dodge was a chairman of the Detroit Bank, now Comerica, and later served as an economic advisor for postwar economic stabilization programs in Germany and Japan....
(1890-1964), American economist - Frances DodgeFrances DodgeFrances Dodge was an internationally known horsewoman.She was the eldest of the three children of John Francis Dodge and his third wife Matilda Dodge. She finished boarding school at Mt. Vernon Seminary in 1933 and married James Johnson on July 1, 1938...
(1914-1971) (Mrs. Frederick Van Lennep), major horse breeder and horsewoman - Geraldine R. Dodge (1882-1973), née Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller, philanthropist, art patron, and dog breeder and judge - an heir to the vast Rockefeller fortune, married Marcellus H. Dodge Sr.
- Harold F. DodgeHarold F. DodgeHarold French Dodge was one of the principal architects of the science of statistical quality control...
(1893-1976) - David S. DodgeDavid S. DodgeDavid Stuart Dodge was the Vice-President for Administration , Acting President and President of the American University of Beirut .-Background:...
(born 1922), an academic administrator, long associated with the American University of Beirut - Toby DodgeToby DodgeToby Dodge is an English political scientist whose main area of interest lies in the Middle East. He completed a PhD on the transformation of international system in the aftermath of the First World War and the creation of the Iraqi state at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of...
(fl. c. 2000), a British academic - David A. DodgeDavid A. DodgeDavid A. Dodge, OC, FRSC is a Canadian economist. He served a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada from February 1, 2001 to January 31, 2008. He was succeeded by Mark Carney. On September 12, 2008 he joined Bennett Jones LLP, a leading Canadian law firm, as a senior advisor in their...
, governor of the Bank of Canada between 2001-2008