Asa Hodges

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
Member of the Arkansas State Senate 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 Lawrence County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	June 6, 1900(1900-06-06) (aged 78) Marion, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Elmwood Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Residence(s)	Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas
Alma mater	Hannibal-LaGrange University
Profession	Planter, attorney

Asa Hodges (January 22, 1822 – June 6, 1900) was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1873 to 1875.

Biography

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.

Personal life

On April 17, 1858, he married Caroline Sarah Turpin Chick, the widow of his relative, John W. Hodges.

Slaveholder

Prior to the American Civil War, Hodges owned many slaves near Memphis, Tennessee.

Arkansas legislature

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

Congress

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.

Later career and death

Thereafter, he engaged in farming.

He died near Marion and is interred next to his wife at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis in Shelby County.

References

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