Gabriel Bouck Gabriel Bouck ( December 16 , 1828 – February 21 , 1904 ) was a member of the United States House of Representatives ( 1877 – 1881 ) from Wisconsin . He also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the state ' s attorney general . Early years . He was born of Dutch ancestry , in Fultonham , Schoharie County , New York the son of William C . Bouck and Catherine Lawyer and was the fourth of eight children . Bouck lived at Bouck ' s Island . His siblings were James Madison ; Joseph William , born on October 27 , 1809 ; Christian , born on May 14 , 1818 ; Charles , born on September 9 , 1829 ; Catherine , born on July 11 , 1820 , married Erskine Danforth ; Caroline , married Dr . Volney Danforth ; and Anna , born on December 29 , 1814 , married Lyman Sanford . His father , William C . Bouck , was elected Governor of New York in 1842 and his uncle , Joseph Bouck , was elected to the House of Representatives from the state of New York serving in the 22nd United States Congress from 1831 to 1833 . Gabriel Bouck was prepared for college at the Schoharie and Albany Academies . He graduated from Union College , Schenectady , New York with Phi Beta Kappa honors and membership in The Kappa Alpha Society , in the class of 1847 and studied law in the offices of Daniel S . Dickson at Binghamton , New York . Bouck moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin in 1848 he was admitted to the bar . In 1849 , he moved to Oshkosh , Winnebago County , Wisconsin to practice law . The 1860 Census listed him as a resident of Oshkosh ’ s third ward . Military service . Gabriel served in the Union Army during the Civil War raising Company E , 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in Oshkosh in April 1861 and serving at the rank of captain . This unit was a part of the famous Iron Brigade attached to the Army of the Potomac . He resigned command to accept a commission as Colonel of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry on April 29 , 1862 , succeeding Colonel James S . Alban following Alban ' s death at the Battle of Shiloh . It was with some reluctance that Bouck accepted this assignment when it was offered by Governmor Alexander Randall and was strongly encouraged to do so by fellow Wisconsin officer Edward S . Bragg . Bouck saw action with the 18th Wisconsin at the Siege of Corinth and Second Battle of Corinth ( MS ) , Battle of Jackson ( MS ) , Battle of Champion Hill ( MS ) , Battle of Vicksburg ( MS ) , and Battle of Missionary Ridge ( TN ) . He resigned from service on January 4 , 1864 and returned to Oshkosh . Following the war he stayed active military endeavors , founding two Grand Army of the Republic ( G . A . R . ) posts . He also formed the 2nd Company of the Wisconsin National Guard on March 25 , 1876 , serving as its captain . Political career . Bouck was an active and loyal member of the Democratic Party being elected as Attorney General of Wisconsin serving from 1858 to 1860 ; he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1860 and 1874 , serving the last year as speaker . He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1868 and 1872 . Bouck was defeated in his first run for the United States Congress in 1874 , but in 1876 was elected to the United States House of Representatives to the 45th United States Congress representing Wisconsin ' s 6th congressional district receiving 20 , 623 votes to his Republican opponent , Alanson M . Kimball ' s 17 , 847 . He was reelected to the 46th Congress as well . His greatest political ambition was to be elected Governor of Wisconsin , the same office held by his father in the state of New York . He was defeated for reelection to the 47th Congress in 1880 by Republican Richard Guenther . Death . He resumed his law practice in Oshkosh and for many years was head of Bouck & Hilton Attorneys at Law . After four months of being confined to his room at the Athearn Hotel in Oshkosh , he died there on Sunday morning at 2 : 45 a . m . , February 21 , 1904 . According to his obituary , death was the result of general debility due to old age . He was 76 years old . His funeral was held at the Masonic Temple of Oshkosh Lodge No . 27 . and he is buried in Oshkosh .