A lawyer (unnamed) was appointed United States Attorney by President Polk.

The evidence

• “Dodge and confirmed by the Legislative Council Attorney General of the Territory, and held the oflioe until after the State was admitted into the Union. In 1848, he was appointed United States Attorney by PrcsidentPolk, and held the office until the accession of the Taylor administration. On the organization of the city of Janesville, in 1853, he was elected its first Mayor, and, in 1857, he was elected to the same position, against bis will.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 719 / book p. 723

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “William Dodge, attorney general of the territory, and held the office until the state was admitted into the Union. In 1848 he was appointed United States attorney by President James K. Polk and held the office until Gen.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 251 / book p. 752

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent