Hiram Dodge

Hiram Dodge (October 15, 1804 – December 26, 1891) was an American politician who served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives immediately after adoption of the state's first constitution.

His father was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and his mother was a native of London, England.

Dodge worked as a clerk and a merchant in New York until 1832, when he moved to Clinton, Michigan.

[2] His business was successful, and he owned a large amount of land, but the Panic of 1837 caused him to go broke by 1843.

He and his wife, Lydia, are buried in Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.