William Windom Candidate

Born:	May 10, 1827 Ohio Belmont County United States
Resided:	Winona, Minnesota Winona County
Death:	January 29, 1891
Gender:	Man
Occupation:	Attorney
Political Party:	Republican; Union Republican
Offices Held:	Knox County (Ohio) Attorney. U.S. Representative: At-Large (1859-1863); CD 01 (1863-1869). U.S. Senator (1871-1881, 1881-1883).
Notes:	Windom came to Minnesota in 1855 locating at Winona. His name was placed into nomination for president at the 1880 Republican National Convention by former State Senator Elias F. Drake. Windom received the support of all 10 Minnesota delegates for the first 28 rounds of balloting. Windom was Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department from March to November 1881.
Sources:	United States Census, 1860. United States Census, 1870. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography (1888, p. 562).

Photo of William Windom
Library of Congress.

Number of state/federal offices sought	Number of campaigns	Number of winning campaigns
2	9	8

Date	Election	Stage	Party	Votes	Percent	Result
02/01/1883	U.S. Senate	General	Republican	30	21.90%	Lost
10/25/1881	U.S. Senate	Special	Republican	115	83.33%	Won
01/16/1877	U.S. Senate	General	Republican	96	67.61%	Won
01/17/1871	U.S. Senate	General	Republican	43	71.67%	Won
11/06/1866	U.S. House, District 01	General	Republican	14,828	64.25%	Won
11/08/1864	U.S. House, District 01	General	Union Republican	13,965	60.56%	Won
11/04/1862	U.S. House, District 01	General	Republican	7,449	58.16%	Won
11/06/1860	U.S. House	General	Republican	22,165	31.49%	Won
10/11/1859	U.S. House	General	Republican	21,016	27.13%	Won