About John Hodgson
Lived 1812 – 1869 (aged 56–57). John Hodgson was an American politician.
John Hodgson was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography Hodgson was born in Yorkshire, England in 1812. In 1840, he married Cassandra M. Blake in Pontiac, Michigan. They would have six children, including Manville S. Hodgson, before her death on January 5, 1860. In December of that year, Hodgson married Esther Enos. He had settled in what is now Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1842. Hodgson died there on December 22, 1869.
Senate career Hodgson was elected to the Senate in 1861. He was a Republican.
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Wisconsin politician
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John Hodgson was born in 1812.
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John Hodgson died on 22 December 1869.
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John Hodgson was a politician.
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John Hodgson was American.
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