Moody, Gideon C
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Oct. 16, 1832, in Cortland, N. Y. He moved to Dakota in 1864; was a member of the house of representatives of Dakota territory in 1867-69, and in 1874; and was speaker of the house in 1868-69 and in 1874. He was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory in 1878, and served as such until April 1, 1883. He was elected by the legislature which assembled under the constitution of 1885 as one of the United States senators for the state of South Dakota; was again elected one of the United States senators for the state of South Dakota in 1889, under the provisions of the act of congress admitting South Dakota and other states into the union. He took his seat Dec. 2, 1889; his term of service expired March 3, 1891.