James Leonard Hodges (April 24, 1790 – March 8, 1846) was a U.S. Representative from

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

. Born in

Taunton, Massachusetts Taunton is a city in and the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River, which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, to the south. As of the 2020 United States ...

, Hodges attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. Bank cashier. Postmaster of Taunton. He served as member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821. He served in the senate in 1823 and 1824. Hodges was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He died in

, March 8, 1846. He was interred in Plain Burying Ground.

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