Francis H. Dodds

Francis H. Dodds
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th district
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Archibald B. Darragh
Succeeded by	Francis O. Lindquist
Personal details
Born	(1858-06-09)June 9, 1858 St. Lawrence County, New York, U.S.
Died	December 23, 1940(1940-12-23) (aged 82) Mount Pleasant, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Michigan

Francis Henry Dodds (June 9, 1858 – December 23, 1940), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Dodds was born on a farm near Waddington in St. Lawrence County, New York. He attended the local schools and moved with his parents to Isabella County, Michigan, in 1866. He graduated from Olivet College and taught school at Olivet and Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1880 and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law at Mount Pleasant. He served as city attorney of Mount Pleasant, 1892–1894; and was a member of the board of education, 1894-1897.

Dodds was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the 61st and 62nd Congresses, serving from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1913. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.

After leaving Congress, Dodds returned to Mount Pleasant and resumed the practice of law in until his death. He died aged 82 and is interred at Riverside Cemetery of Mount Pleasant.

References

• United States Congress. "Francis H. Dodds (id: D000392)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Francis H. Dodds profile, PoliticalGraveyard.com. Accessed 3 April 2024.

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

Territory	Woodbridge Sibley Richard Wing Biddle Wing Lyon G. Jones
At-large	Crary J. Howard Kelley Staebler

1st district	McClelland Buel Penniman D. Stuart W. Howard Cooper W. Howard Granger Beaman Waldron Field A. S. Williams Newberry Lord Maybury J. L. Chipman Griffin Corliss Lucking Denby Doremus Codd Clancy Sosnowski Clancy Sadowski Tenerowicz Sadowski Machrowicz Nedzi Conyers Stupak Benishek Bergman
2nd district	Lyon J. S. Chipman E. Bradley C. Stuart Sprague C. Stuart Noble Waldron Beaman Upson Stoughton Waldron Willits Eldredge Allen Gorman Spalding H. Smith Townsend Wedemeyer Beakes Bacon Beakes Michener Lehr Michener Meader Vivian Esch Pursell Hoekstra Huizenga Moolenaar
3rd district	Hunt Bingham J. Conger Clark Walbridge Kellogg Longyear Blair Willard McGowan Lacey O'Donnell Burrows Milnes A. Todd Gardner J. Smith Frankhauser J. Smith A. B. Williams Hooper Kimball Main Shafer Johansen P. Todd G. Brown Wolpe Henry Ehlers Amash Meijer Scholten
4th district	H. L. Stevens Peck Leach Trowbridge Kellogg Ferry Foster Burrows Potter Keightley Burrows Yaple Burrows Thomas Hamilton Ketcham Foulkes Hoffman Hutchinson Stockman Siljander Upton Camp Moolenaar Huizenga
5th district	Baldwin Trowbridge O. Conger Foster W. Williams Stone Webber Houseman Comstock M. Ford Belknap M. Ford Belknap Richardson W. Smith Diekema Sweet Mapes Jonkman G. Ford Vander Veen Sawyer Henry Barcia D. E. Kildee D. T. Kildee Walberg
6th district	Driggs Strickland Sutherland Begole Durand Brewer Spaulding Winans Brewer Stout Aitken S. Smith Kelley Hudson Person Cady Blackney Transue Blackney Clardy Hayworth Chamberlain Carr Dunn Carr Upton Dingell
7th district	O. Conger Rich Carleton Whiting Snover Weeks McMorran Cramton Wolcott McIntosh O'Hara Mackie Riegle D. E. Kildee N. Smith Schwarz Walberg Schauer Walberg Slotkin
8th district	N. Bradley Ellsworth Horr Tarsney Bliss Youmans Linton Brucker Fordney Vincent Hart Crawford Bentley Harvey Traxler Carr Chrysler Stabenow Rogers M. Bishop Slotkin Kildee
9th district	Hubbell Cutcheon H. Wheeler Moon R. Bishop McLaughlin Harry W. Musselwhite Engel Thompson Griffin Vander Jagt D. E. Kildee Knollenberg Peters S. Levin A. Levin McClain
10th district	Hatch Fisher F. Wheeler Weadock Crump Aplin Loud Woodruff Loud Currie Woodruff Cederberg Albosta Schuette Camp Bonior Miller Mitchell McClain J. James
11th district	Breitung Moffatt Seymour Stephenson Avery Mesick Darragh Dodds Lindquist Scott Bohn P. Brown Luecke F. Bradley Potter Knox Clevenger Ruppe Davis Knollenberg McCotter Curson Bentivolio Trott H. Stevens
12th district	Stephenson Shelden Young MacDonald W. F. James Hook Bennett Hook Bennett O'Hara Bonior Levin J. Dingell Jr. D. Dingell Tlaib
13th district	Nichols McLeod Brennan McLeod O'Brien McLeod O'Brien Coffin O'Brien Diggs Crockett Collins W. Ford Rivers Kilpatrick Clarke Conyers B. Jones Tlaib Thanedar
14th district	Weideman Rabaut Youngblood Rabaut Ryan Nedzi Hertel Conyers Peters Lawrence
15th district	J. Dingell Sr. J. Dingell Jr. W. Ford Collins Kilpatrick J. Dingell Jr.
16th district	Lesinski Sr. Lesinski Jr. J. Dingell Jr.
17th district	Dondero Oakman Griffiths Brodhead Levin
18th district	Dondero Broomfield Huber Blanchard Broomfield
19th district	Farnum McDonald Broomfield