June 6, 1900

Asa Hodges died. Hodges was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the First District of Arkansas in the Forty-Third Congress, serving from 1873 to 1875. Following the Brooks-Baxter War, Hodges returned home and resumed the practice of law while also pursuing his longtime agricultural interests, including operating a cotton plantation in Mississippi. In 1888, voters overwhelmingly returned him to the Arkansas General Assembly, where he served until 1890.