Gilbert M. Woodward

Gilbert Motier Woodward (December 25, 1835 - March 13, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Washington, D.C., Woodward was educated in the common schools. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in February 1860. He served more than three years in the Union Army during the Civil War as a private, first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and adjutant in the Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry of the famed Iron Brigade. He served as district attorney of La Crosse County 1866-1873. He served as mayor of the city of La Crosse in 1874 and 1875, and was the City attorney in 1876-1882.

Woodward was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885). He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.

He resumed the practice of law in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1886. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888. He died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, March 13, 1913. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Gilbert M. Woodward (id: W000731)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.