Edward Dodd

Edward Dodd ( born August 25, 1805 in Salem, New York, † March 1, 1891 in Argyle, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Dodd was born about seven years before the outbreak of the British - American War in Salem, Washington County and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools. He then went to commercial transactions. In 1835 he moved to Argyle. He was town clerk 1835-1844 ( county clerk ) in Washington County. As a delegate, he took in 1846 at the Constitutional Convention of New York.

In the congressional elections of 1854 for the 34th Congress Dodd was for the opposition party in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Hughes on March 4, 1855. As a Congressman he had presided over the Committee on District of Columbia during this term of office. In the following years, he joined the Republican Party. In 1856 he was elected to the 35th Congress. He retired after the March 3, 1859 out of the Congress.

In April 1863 he became a U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of New York - a position which he held until April 1863. He spent 30 years working as an editor of the Post and County for 51 years as a trustee at the Argyle Academy. He also held the post for eight years as President of the Village of Argyle. He sat much years in the Republican State Committee. On March 1, 1891, he died in Argyle and was then buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery.