Gideon C. Moody

Gideon Curtis Moody
United States Senator
from South Dakota
In office
November 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by(none)
Succeeded byJames H. Kyle
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
In office
1861
Personal details
Born(1832-10-16)October 16, 1832
Cortland, New York
DiedMarch 17, 1904(1904-03-17) (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California
Political partyRepublican

Gideon Curtis Moody (October 16, 1832 – March 17, 1904) was an attorney and politician, elected in 1889 as a Republican United States Senator from South Dakota. He served two years. He also had served five years as an associate justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court, from 1878 to 1883, before entering private practice for a period as general counsel for Homestake Mine.

When South Dakota joined the Union on November 2, 1889, Moody, one of the two senators chosen by the state legislature, took office. In March 1891, his term was up.