- Gideon C. Moody
Gideon Curtis Moody (
October 16 ,1832 –March 17 ,1904 ) was an American Senator fromSouth Dakota .Born in
Cortland, New York , he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. He studied law inSyracuse, New York and in 1852 moved toIndiana , gaining admission to the bar in 1853. He was appointed prosecuting attorney forFloyd County, Indiana in 1854. He was a member of theIndiana House of Representatives in 1861, and during the Civil War entered theUnion Army as a captain in April 1861 and served as captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, until his resignation in March 1864.He moved to
Dakota Territory in 1864 and was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1867-1868 from 1868 to 1869 and 1874-1875, serving as speaker 1868-1869 from 1874 to 1875. From 1878 to 1883, he was an associate justice of the Territory'ssupreme court and was a member of the constitutional conventions of South Dakota in 1883 and 1885.Upon the admission of South Dakota as a State into the Union, Gideon Moody was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from
November 2 1889 untilMarch 3 1891 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.Gideon C. Moody died at age 71 in
Los Angeles, California . He is interred inAngelus-Rosedale Cemetery .Gideon County, South Dakota is named after him.References
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