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Humphrey">Herman L. Humphrey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ormsby_B._Thomas" title="Ormsby B. Thomas">Ormsby B. 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Hogan">James J. Hogan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/La_Crosse_County,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse County, Wisconsin">La Crosse County, Wisconsin</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1874</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">E. H. McMillan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Benjamin F. Bryant</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1835-12-25</span>)</span>December 25, 1835<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 13, 1914<span style="display:none">(1914-03-13)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse, Wisconsin">La Crosse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Oak Grove Cemetery, <span class="nowrap">La Crosse, Wisconsin</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Liberal Republican Party (United States)">Liberal Rep.</a> (1870s)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Ella R. Parker</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1864; died 1869)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>none</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Creighton_Woodward" title="William Creighton Woodward">William Creighton Woodward</a> (nephew)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Volunteers" title="United States Volunteers">United States Volunteers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1861–1864</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="First lieutenant (United States)">1st Lieutenant</a>, USV</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2nd_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment" title="2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment">2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Battle of Bull Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="Second Battle of Bull Run">Second Battle of Bull Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland Campaign">Maryland Campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Mountain" title="Battle of South Mountain">Battle of South Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam" title="Battle of Antietam">Battle of Antietam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Battle of Fredericksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Battle of Chancellorsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gettysburg Campaign">Gettysburg Campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overland_Campaign" title="Overland Campaign">Overland Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gilbert Motier Woodward</b> (December 25, 1835 – March 13, 1914) was an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> lawyer and politician. He served one term in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, representing <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Wisconsin's 7th congressional district">Wisconsin's 7th congressional district</a>. He was also the 16th mayor of <a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse, Wisconsin">La Crosse, Wisconsin</a>, and the Democratic nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Governor of Wisconsin</a> in <a href="/wiki/1886_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1886</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> he served as a <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> officer in the famed <a href="/wiki/Iron_Brigade" title="Iron Brigade">Iron Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac" title="Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1883bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Woodward was born December 25, 1835, in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and was educated in the common schools. He learned the printing trade working as an apprentice in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, and worked as a printer and proofreader in Baltimore, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Marlboro,_Maryland" title="Upper Marlboro, Maryland">Upper Marlboro</a>, and Washington, until 1860. In Washington, he spent most of his time working for the historic <i><a href="/wiki/National_Intelligencer" title="National Intelligencer">National Intelligencer</a></i> newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1860 he moved west to <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> and settled at <a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse, Wisconsin">La Crosse</a>. He studied law in the office of <a href="/wiki/Isaac_E._Messmore" title="Isaac E. Messmore">Isaac E. Messmore</a> and was admitted to the bar in 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, Woodward postponed his plans to start a legal practice and instead enlisted for service in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_War_service">Civil War service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Civil War service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Woodward joined a company of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Volunteers" title="United States Volunteers">volunteers</a> known as the "La Crosse Light Guards", which was organized into Company B of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment" title="2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment">2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Randall" title="Camp Randall">Camp Randall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry mustered into federal service in June 1861 and proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, for service in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Theater of the American Civil War">eastern theater of the war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-quiner_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quiner-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/First_sergeant" title="First sergeant">first sergeant</a> in September 1861, after the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Battle of Bull Run</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That Fall, the regiment was organized into a brigade with the <a href="/wiki/6th_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment" title="6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment">6th Wisconsin</a>, <a href="/wiki/7th_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment" title="7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment">7th Wisconsin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/19th_Indiana_Infantry_Regiment" title="19th Indiana Infantry Regiment">19th Indiana</a> infantry regiments. The brigade would shortly become famous as the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Brigade" title="Iron Brigade">Iron Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac" title="Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a> due to their performance in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="Second Battle of Bull Run">Battle of Gainesville</a> in August 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-quiner_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quiner-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just days before that battle, Woodward was commissioned as <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second lieutenant (United States)">second lieutenant</a> of his company.<sup id="cite_ref-roster_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roster-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the next month, their captain was killed at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Mountain" title="Battle of South Mountain">Battle of South Mountain</a> and Woodward was promoted to <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="First lieutenant (United States)">first lieutenant</a>. With his regiment, he went on to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam" title="Battle of Antietam">Battle of Antietam</a> in September, then the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Battle of Fredericksburg</a> in December 1862 and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Battle of Chancellorsville</a> in the Spring of 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-quiner_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quiner-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Chancellorsville, Woodward was appointed <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">adjutant</a> of the regiment, serving Colonel <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Fairchild" title="Lucius Fairchild">Lucius Fairchild</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-roster_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roster-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was then quickly detailed as an adjutant to the brigade commander, General <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Meredith" title="Solomon Meredith">Solomon Meredith</a>. He was serving on Meredith's staff during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a> and was shot in the forearm.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a brief recuperation, he resumed his service as an aide to General <a href="/wiki/Lysander_Cutler" title="Lysander Cutler">Lysander Cutler</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Overland_Campaign" title="Overland Campaign">Overland Campaign</a> of 1864 until the expiration of his enlistment on July 2, 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roster_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roster-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_and_political_career">Legal and political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal and political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war Woodward became active in the legal community in La Crosse and was elected <a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">district attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/La_Crosse_County,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse County, Wisconsin">La Crosse County</a> in 1865. He was subsequently re-elected three times, serving until January 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While serving as district attorney, he formed a law partnership with <a href="/wiki/Samuel_S._Burton" title="Samuel S. Burton">Samuel S. Burton</a> in 1868, which continued until 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also became active in state politics. He ran for <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">Wisconsin State Senate</a> in 1872 as a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Liberal Republican Party (United States)">Liberal Republican</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(19th-century_Wisconsin)" title="Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin)">Reform</a> coalition ticket, but was defeated by Republican <a href="/wiki/Gideon_Hixon" title="Gideon Hixon">Gideon Hixon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1873bio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1873bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Spring election of 1874, he was narrowly elected mayor of La Crosse, defeating a Republican-<a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Temperance</a> unity ticket led by <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Nevins" title="Sylvester Nevins">Sylvester Nevins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently elected city attorney and served from 1876 through 1882. </p><p>Woodward ran for <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> in 1882 and received the Democratic nomination on the first ballot of their convention.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Wisconsin's 7th congressional district">7th congressional district</a> was a safe Republican seat through the 1870s,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the <a href="/wiki/Redistricting_in_Wisconsin" title="Redistricting in Wisconsin">redistricting</a> of 1882 moved three-term incumbent <a href="/wiki/Herman_L._Humphrey" title="Herman L. Humphrey">Herman L. Humphrey</a> into a different congressional district. Woodward won the <a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Wisconsin" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections">general election</a> in an upset with 48% of the vote, as the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a> candidate took 7%.<sup id="cite_ref-1883bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in the <a href="/wiki/Forty-eighth_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Forty-eighth Congress">Forty-eighth Congress</a> (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885), but lost his run for re-election in <a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Wisconsin" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections">1884</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1885bio_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1885bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving office he resumed his law practice in La Crosse, but remained active in the Democratic Party. At the 1886 Democratic State Convention, former congressman and Union Army colonel <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Bouck" title="Gabriel Bouck">Gabriel Bouck</a> was largely expected to accept the party's nomination for Governor of Wisconsin, but unexpectedly sent a letter declining the nomination at the start of the convention. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Jonas_(Wisconsin_politician)" title="Charles Jonas (Wisconsin politician)">Charles Jonas</a> of Racine was considered a strong candidate for the nomination, but was damaged by an aggressive pressure campaign driven by Labor and Socialist activists from Milwaukee. Woodward's name was ultimately proposed to the convention by congressman and power-broker <a href="/wiki/Edward_S._Bragg" title="Edward S. Bragg">Edward S. Bragg</a>, who had served with Woodward in the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Brigade" title="Iron Brigade">Iron Brigade</a>. Woodward was warmly received by the convention and nominated by acclamation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Woodward was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/1886_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">general election</a> as Republican <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_McLain_Rusk" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremiah McLain Rusk">Jeremiah McLain Rusk</a> won his third term as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-1887bio_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1887bio-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Woodward's last significant political activity was serving as chairman of the Wisconsin delegation to the <a href="/wiki/1888_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1888 Democratic National Convention">1888 Democratic National Convention</a>. </p><p>The next year he formed a law partnership with J. W. Losey, known as Losey & Woodward, and devoted most of the remainder of his life to his legal career. He was known as a frequent litigant in front of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Supreme_Court" title="Wisconsin Supreme Court">Wisconsin Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_family">Personal life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Woodward married Ella R. Parker in 1864, but she died just a few years later, in 1868. They had no children and Woodward never remarried.<sup id="cite_ref-obit-lac2_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-lac2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Woodward died at the home of D. A. MacDonald on March 13, 1914. Though his health had been declining for years, he worked until three months before his death. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in La Crosse.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wisconsin_Senate_(1872)"><span id="Wisconsin_Senate_.281872.29"></span>Wisconsin Senate (1872)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Wisconsin Senate (1872)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Wisconsin Senate, 31st District Election, 1872<sup id="cite_ref-1873bio_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1873bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 5, 1872</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Hixon" title="Gideon Hixon">Gideon Hixon</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,213 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.13% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−19.26% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF69B4; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Liberal Republican Party (United States)">Liberal Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gilbert M. Woodward </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,952 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.87% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">261 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.27% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">-38.53% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>4,165 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_(1882,_1884)"><span id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_.281882.2C_1884.29"></span>U.S. House of Representatives (1882, 1884)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives (1882, 1884)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Wisconsin" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections">Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District Election, 1882</a><sup id="cite_ref-1883bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 7, 1882</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Gilbert M. Woodward </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,908 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.09% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+17.43% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_M._Butt" title="Cyrus M. Butt">Cyrus M. Butt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,604 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.87% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.82% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF00FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">B. F. Parker </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,887 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.62% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0BDA51; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Greenback_Party" title="Greenback Party">Greenback</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_May" title="Reuben May">Reuben May</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">360 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.45% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.22% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: <strong class="> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Scattering</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.02% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,304 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.27% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">-28.72% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>24,763 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-30.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Wisconsin" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections">Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District Election, 1884</a><sup id="cite_ref-1885bio_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1885bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 4, 1884</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ormsby_B._Thomas" title="Ormsby B. Thomas">Ormsby B. Thomas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>18,437 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.62% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.80% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gilbert M. Woodward (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,446 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.09% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.00% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF00FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">S. B. Loomis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,147 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.27% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: <strong class="> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Scattering</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.01% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,991 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.54% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.27% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,035 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+41.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wisconsin_Governor_(1886)"><span id="Wisconsin_Governor_.281886.29"></span>Wisconsin Governor (1886)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_M._Woodward&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Wisconsin Governor (1886)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election, 1886</a><sup id="cite_ref-1887bio_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1887bio-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"><b>General Election, November 2, 1886</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_McLain_Rusk" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremiah McLain Rusk">Jeremiah McLain Rusk</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>133,247 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.53% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−4.47% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gilbert M. Woodward </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">114,529 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.99% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.99% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ACE1AF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(United_States)" title="People's Party (United States)">Populist</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Cochrane </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.50% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF00FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Myers Olin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,089 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.97% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.30% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: <strong class="> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Scattering</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.01% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>Plurality</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,718 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.54% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>286,368 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> 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Fratt">Nicholas D. Fratt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Governor of Wisconsin</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1886_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1886</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">James Morgan</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Herman_L._Humphrey" title="Herman L. Humphrey">Herman L. 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