October 9, 1896(1896-10-09) (aged 77) St. Joseph, Missouri, Missouri, U.S
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Silas Woodson (May 18, 1819 – October 9, 1896) was the 21st Governor of Missouri, United States, between January 3, 1873, and January 12, 1875. He was notable for being the first Democrat elected to that position since the Civil War. No Republican would reach the office for over 30 years after Woodson's election.[1]
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SilasWoodson (May 18, 1819 – October 9, 1896) was the 21st Governor of Missouri, United States, between January 3, 1873, and January 12, 1875. He was...
November 5, 1872, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, SilasWoodson, over the Republican candidate, former Senator John B. Henderson. "Our...
Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 851. "SilasWoodson". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20...
from 1907 to 1925. Born in Knox County, Kentucky to Benjamin Woodson, brother of SilasWoodson, the family moved to Missouri in October 1854, settling on...
October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor SilasWoodson were damaged by vandals. The cemetery was added to the National Register...
12, 1875 – January 8, 1877 Lieutenant Norman Jay Coleman Preceded by SilasWoodson Succeeded by John Smith Phelps Missouri Senate 9th District In office...
Adelbert Ames (Republican) (starting January 4) Governor of Missouri: SilasWoodson (Democratic) Governor of Nebraska: Robert Wilkinson Furnas (Republican)...
married Mary Genoa (Adair) Stone. They had five children together: Ernest, Silas W., Stella, Tracy, and Beulah. Weltmer was involved in Nevada in several...
Ginn 1871 1873 Benjamin Gratz Brown Virginia Juliet Lard 1872 1875 SilasWoodson Mary Barr Jenkins 1875 1877 Charles Henry Hardin Mary Whitney 1877 1881...
Phillip Johnson January 3, 1873 January 12, 1875 Liberal Republican SilasWoodson 1 17 Norman Jay Coleman January 12, 1875 January 8, 1877 Democratic...
Percy MacKaye, dramatist and poet (died 1956) December 19 – Carter G. Woodson, historian, author, teacher, creator of 'Black History Month' (died 1950)...
of Missouri: B. Gratz Brown (Liberal Republican) (until January 3), SilasWoodson (Democratic) (starting January 3) Governor of Nebraska: William H. James...
Appointed by Abraham Lincoln Preceded by office established Succeeded by SilasWoodson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th District...
1LR Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D) 1872 Greeley/ Brown (LR) N 1873 SilasWoodson (D) Charles Phillip Johnson (D) Henry C. Ewing (D) Harvey Wallis Salmon...
minority party for the Supreme Court in 1868. In September 1874, Governor SilasWoodson appointed Lewis to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the...
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