Life span: 04/12/1831 to 01/03/1916TabsLife SummaryFull name: Grenville Mellen DodgePlace of Birth: Putnamville, MABurial Place: Council Bluffs, IABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateEducation: OtherOther Education: Norwich University, VTOccupation: PoliticianMilitaryBusinessmanPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: US House of RepresentativesLocal governmentMilitary: Union Army Note Cards Grenville Mellen Dodge (Congressional Biographical Dictionary) ReferenceDODGE, Grenville Mellen, a Representative from Iowa; born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1831; attended the Danvers public schools and Durham Academy, New Hampshire; was graduated as a civil engineer from Norwich University, Vermont, in 1851; moved to Iowa and settled in Council Bluffs; member of the city council of Council Bluffs in 1860; entered the Union Army as colonel of the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry on July 6, 1861; promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers March 21, 1862, and major general June 7, 1864; resigned from the Army May 30, 1866; chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad 1866-1870; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868, 1872, and 1876; settled in New York City; president of the commission to inquire into the management of the war with Spain; died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 3, 1916; interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.“Dodge, Grenville Mellen,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000395. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 03/06/1862 03/08/1862 In northwest Arkansas, Union forces win a fierce three-day battle at Pea Ridge, around Elkhorn Tavern 07/22/1864 07/22/1864 At the Battle of Atlanta, the Union's Army of the Tennessee defeats Confederate attempts to defend the city 01/15/1866 01/15/1866 More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army Major TopicsRailroadsFortieth Congress of the United States Documents Images Grenville Mellen Dodge Grenville Mellen Dodge, detail Bibliography
Grenville Mellen Dodge (Congressional Biographical Dictionary) ReferenceDODGE, Grenville Mellen, a Representative from Iowa; born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1831; attended the Danvers public schools and Durham Academy, New Hampshire; was graduated as a civil engineer from Norwich University, Vermont, in 1851; moved to Iowa and settled in Council Bluffs; member of the city council of Council Bluffs in 1860; entered the Union Army as colonel of the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry on July 6, 1861; promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers March 21, 1862, and major general June 7, 1864; resigned from the Army May 30, 1866; chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad 1866-1870; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868, 1872, and 1876; settled in New York City; president of the commission to inquire into the management of the war with Spain; died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 3, 1916; interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.“Dodge, Grenville Mellen,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000395.
