Asa Hodges
Asa Hodges (January 22, 1822 - June 6, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Born near Moulton in Lawrence County, Alabama, Hodges moved to Marion, Arkansas. He attended La Grange Male and Female College in La Grange, Missouri (now part of Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 practicing until 1860. A wealthy planter, Hodges owned a large number of slaves near Memphis, Tennessee before the American Civil War. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1868, then as a member of the Arkansas Senate 1870-1873.
Hodges was elected as a Republican to the 43rd United States Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875) representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district and was not a candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died near Marion, Arkansas, June 6, 1900 and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.
