As a State Senator he was active in urging an investigation of William Hamilton Anderson of the New York Anti-Saloon League.
In 1927, he was appointed by Mayor Jimmy Walker as a city magistrate to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Norman J. Marsh.
In November 1933, Dodge was elected New York County District Attorney with promises to clean up the office by eliminating leaks.
On May 22, 1935, Dodge agreed to appoint a special prosecutor from a list prepared by the New York County Lawyers Association.
Instead, he selected H. H. Corbin, a compromise candidate proposed by former Republican Governor Nathan L. Miller, despite objections by the grand jurors.
Of the four names that were put forth, only Thomas E. Dewey accepted the task; he brought a series of successful prosecutions.
These scrapbooks are housed in the Special Collections of the Lloyd Sealy Library at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Included in the Dodge Collection are materials related to his campaign and clippings from New York City newspapers that documented local crime at the time.