Présentation de l'éditeur
Spanning a period of neariy twenty years, the official career of Augustus Caesar Dodge is embraced in his record as Begister of the United States Land Office, Delegate to Congress, United States Senator, and Minister at the Court of Madrid. Twelve years of this official tenure reflects the history of Iowa in Congress. Augustus Caesar Dodge beheld the population of Iowa grow from twenty-two thousand to over one and one-half millions; he was identified with the disposal of Iowa spublic domain and its purchase from the Indian tribes; he was Iowa s Delegate in Congress during the transition from Territory to State; and as the medium between the Territory and Congress he was entrusted with problems of appropriations, the public domain, and boundaries. As dean of the Iowa delegation in Congress he was foremost in the discussion of the issues of slavery; while his career at the Court of Madrid is a link in the long chain of diplomatic negotiations for the Pearl of the A ntilles.
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