Walter D. McIndoe
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Walter Duncan McIndoe (March 30, 1819Template:Spaced ndashAugust 22, 1872) was a Scottish American immigrant, lumber industrialist, and politician. A Republican, he represented Wisconsin for two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1867.
Early life and career
Born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, McIndoe immigrated to the United States in 1834. He engaged in business in New York, Charleston, and St. Louis, finally settling in the Wisconsin Territory in 1845 where he became involved in the lumber business.
Political career
He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1850, 1854, and 1855. In 1850 as a member of the Assembly he introduced a bill changing the name of his home community from "Big Bull Falls" to Wausau and creating Marathon County. Initially a Whig, in 1854 he became a member of the newly formed Republican Party.[1]
Campaign for governor
He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Wisconsin at the 1857 Republican state convention, contending with Edward Dwight Holton, with both candidates losing to the eventual nominee and governor, Alexander Randall.[2][3]
During the American Civil War he was provost marshal of Wisconsin.
Congress
McIndoe was first elected to Congress in the December 1862 special election to replace Congressman Luther Hanchett, who died three weeks after the 1862 general election. Hanchett was the incumbent in Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district and, in the 1862 general election, had been elected to Wisconsin's newly-created 6th congressional district. McIndoe's election allowed him to replace Hanchett for the last months of the 37th Congress and also for the full term of the 38th Congress. He was subsequently re-elected in 1864 to the 39th Congress, ultimately serving from January 26, 1863, until March 3, 1867.
During the Thirty-ninth Congress, he served as chairman of the House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
Retirement
In 1866, McIndoe declined candidacy for renomination, instead resuming his interests in the lumber business.
Death and burial
He died in Wausau, Wisconsin, on August 22, 1872, and was interred at Pine Grove Cemetery.[4]
Electoral history
U.S. House of Representatives (1862, 1864)
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| Special Election, December 30, 1862 | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Charles S. Benton | 5,271 | 42.71% | ||
| Plurality | 1,799 | 14.58% | +0.25% | ||
| Total votes | 12,341 | 100.0% | -21.94% | ||
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| General Election, November 8, 1864 | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Reed | 6,840 | 33.69% | ||
| Plurality | 6,622 | 32.62% | +18.04% | ||
| Total votes | 20,302 | 100.0% | +64.51% | ||
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References
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External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States CongressScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Walter Duncan McIndoe at Find a GraveTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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