Asa Hodges

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
Arkansas State Senator from Crittenden County
In office 1870–1873
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office 1868
Personal details
Born	(1822-01-22)January 22, 1822 Moulton, Lawrence County Alabama, USA
Died	June 6, 1900(1900-06-06) (aged 78) Marion, Crittenden County Arkansas
Resting place	Elmwood Cemetery in Shelby County, Tennessee
Political party	Republican
Residence	Marion, Arkansas
Alma mater	Hannibal-LaGrange University
Profession	planter, Attorney

Asa Hodges (January 22, 1822 – June 6, 1900) was a one-term U.S. representative from Arkansas's 1st congressional district who served from 1873 to 1875.

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. Prior to the American Civil War, Hodges owned a large number of slaves near Memphis, Tennessee.

He served as delegate to the Arkansas constitutional convention in 1867. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1868 and the Arkansas Senate from 1870 to 1873.

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. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Family

On April 17, 1858 he was married to Caroline Sarah Turpin Chick who was the widow of Asa's relative John W. Hodges. He died near Marion, Arkansas, and is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Shelby County, in Memphis, Tennessee next to his wife Caroline.

References

United States Congress. "Asa Hodges (id: H000671)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Asa Hodges at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James M. Hanks	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st congressional district 1873–1875	Succeeded by Lucien C. Gause

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 102951158 LCCN: n2009164584 US Congress: H000671

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas

Territory	Bates Conway Sevier

At-large	Yell Cross Yell Newton Johnson Hynes Breckinridge

1st district	Greenwood Hindman Roots Hanks Hodges Gause Dunn Cate Featherstone Cate McCulloch Macon Caraway Driver Gathings Alexander Lincoln Berry Crawford

2nd district	Warren Rust Warren Rust Hinds Elliott A. Rogers O. Snyder Slemons Jones Breckinridge Little Brundidge W. Oldfield P. Oldfield Miller Mills Tucker Bethune T. Robinson Thornton V. Snyder Griffin Hill

3rd district	Boles Edwards Boles Wilshire Gunter Wilshire J. Cravens J. Rogers McRae Dinsmore Floyd Tillman Fuller Ellis Fulbright Trimble Hammerschmidt T. Hutchinson A. Hutchinson Boozman Womack

4th district	Gunter Peel J. Rogers Terry Reid Little W. B. Cravens O. Wingo E. Wingo W. B. Cravens W. F. Cravens Tackett Harris Pryor Thornton Anthony Dickey Ross Cotton Westerman

5th district	Peel Dinsmore Reid Jacoway Ragon Terry Hays Alford

6th district	Neill Brundidge J. Robinson S. Taylor C. Taylor Sawyer Reed Glover McClellan W. Norrell C. Norrell

7th district	Wallace Goodwin Parks Kitchens Harris

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