Automobile Engineer. Brother of John Francis Dodge. In 1910 they opened a large auto parts plant in Hamtramck, MI and supplied auto parts and engines to the Fords Motor Company and the Olds Motor Works. The first Dodge automobile appeared on November 14, 1914. Both brothers died in 1920 and Dodge was purchased by the Chrysler Corpoation in 1928.
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