Benjamin Hodge

congressman judge lawyer military politician

1824 (age 40)

Tennessee, United States, United States

Benjamin Hodge was a farmer, lawyer, and shopkeeper in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, before the Civil War. In November 1860, he signed a petition to arm the state militia, and as a delegate to the Louisiana secession convention, he voted for secession. In 1861, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state Senate. When the war began, he volunteered as a colonel in the Confederate Army and served until 1862, participating in many campaigns. In 1863, he ran fourth in a race for governor of Louisiana. In February 1864, Hodge was named presiding judge of the military court of the Trans-Mississippi Department, but he relinquished the position a month later when he became a representative from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress. Hodge had no committee assignments, but he cast many votes and, unlike his predecessor.

Benjamin Louis Hodge

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Background

Benjamin Hodge was born in 1824 in Tennessee, United States. He was the son of John and Ann C. Lewis Hodge. Details of his early life are unknown.

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Benjamin Hodge was a farmer, lawyer, and shopkeeper in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, before the Civil War. In November 1860, he signed a petition to arm the state militia, and as a delegate to the Louisiana secession convention, he voted for secession.

In 1861, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state Senate. When the war began, he volunteered as a colonel in the Confederate Army and served until 1862, participating in many campaigns. In 1863, he ran fourth in a race for governor of Louisiana.

In February 1864, Hodge was named presiding judge of the military court of the Trans-Mississippi Department, but he relinquished the position a month later when he became a representative from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress. Hodge had no committee assignments, but he cast many votes and, unlike his predecessor.

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Benjamin Hodge distinguished himself as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He also served as a Representative from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress in 1864.

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Hodge was a member of the Whig Party. He supported the Davis administration.

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On March 18, 1852, Benjamin married Caroline Dudley Cash. The couple had two children.

Father:: John Hodge
Mother:: Ann C. Lewis Hodge
Son:: Arthur G. Hodge
Son:: Tom Green Hodge

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Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy
1977

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