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{{short description|American socialist politician (1870-1943)}}
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'''Winfield Romeo Gaylord''' was an [[United States|American]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] and [[Socialist Party of the United States|Socialist]] politician from [[Milwaukee]], who served one term (1909–1912) as a member of the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] representing the Milwaukee-based [[Wisconsin Senate, District 6|6th Senate District]].<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf ''Members of the Wisconsin Legislature, 1848-1999'' Madison: State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 1999]</ref><ref>Wisconsin Blue Book, 1909 Edition, (Biographical Sketches), page 1095.</ref> He was the Socialist Party nominee for [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1904, 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1916, coming within about 400 votes of victory in both 1910 and 1914; and the 1906 nominee for [[List of Governors of Wisconsin|Governor of Wisconsin]].<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#RN10WEZLR The Political Graveyard]</ref>
'''Winfield Romeo Gaylord''' (June 14, 1870{{spaced ndash}}February 23, 1943) was an American journalist, [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], and [[socialist]] lecturer. He represented the northwest side of the city of [[Milwaukee]] in the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] during the [[49th Wisconsin Legislature|1909]] and [[50th Wisconsin Legislature|1911]] sessions. He also ran for [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] five times on the Socialist or Social Democratic ticket, and was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in [[1906 Wisconsin gubernatorial election|1906]].<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#RN10WEZLR Profile], PoliticalGraveyard.com; accessed June 21, 2017.</ref>


== Background ==
==Biography==
===Background===
Gaylord was born June 14, 1870, in [[Verona, Mississippi]]. He attended [[Public school (government funded)|public school]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]; studied at [[Ohio Wesleyan University]], [[Hamline University]]; [[Northwestern University]], and [[Chicago Theological Seminary]], (graduating from the latter school in 1908), while serving as a [[pastor]] in various [[Methodism|Methodist]] and [[Congregational church|Congregational]] churches in [[Minnesota]], [[Illinois]] and Wisconsin from 1889 to 1902. From 1902 he worked as a [[lecturer]] on popular and economic subjects.
Gaylord was born June 14, 1870, in [[Verona, Mississippi]], to Benjamin Franklin Gaylord (1835-1872) and Elsie Manelle Beebe Monismith (1842-1925). He attended [[State school|public school]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]; studied at [[Ohio Wesleyan University]], [[Hamline University]], [[Northwestern University]], and [[Chicago Theological Seminary]], graduating from the latter school in 1908. He served as a [[pastor]] in various [[Methodism|Methodist]] and [[Congregational church|Congregational]] churches in [[Minnesota]], [[Illinois]], and [[Wisconsin]], from 1889 to 1902. From 1902 he worked as a [[lecturer]] on popular and economic subjects.<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' Biographical Sketch of Winfield R. Gaylord, pg. 1095</ref>


== Political activity ==
===Political activity===
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He served as National Lecturer for the Socialist Party and as a member of the state executive board. In 1904, he was nominated for [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] from the [[Wisconsin's 4th congressional district|Fourth District]], losing to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Theobald Otjen]].<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1905 Erickson, Halford, ed. ''The blue book of the state of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905; pp. 1066-67]</ref> In 1906, he was the Socialist nominee for Governor of Wisconsin, losing to Republican acting Governor [[James O. Davidson]], coming in third in a five-way race.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1907 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The blue book of the state of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1907; p. 1120]</ref>


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He served as a national lecturer for the Socialist Party and was a member of the Wisconsin state executive board of the [[Social Democratic Party of America|Social Democratic Party]]. In 1904, he was nominated for [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Wisconsin's 4th congressional district]], losing to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Theobald Otjen]].<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1905 Erickson, Halford, ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905; pp. 1066-67]</ref> In 1906, he was the Socialist nominee for Governor of Wisconsin, losing to Republican acting Governor [[James O. Davidson]], coming in third in a five-way race.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1907 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin''] Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1907; pg. 1120<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>
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He was a delegate to the Milwaukee [[city charter]] convention of 1908, and his translation of ''Changes in the theory and tactics of the (German) social-democracy'' by [[Paul Kampffmeyer]] was published by [[Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company|Charles H Kerr Company Publishers]] that same year.


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He was a delegate to the Milwaukee [[city charter]] convention of 1908, and his translation of ''Changes in the theory and tactics of the (German) social-democracy'' by Paul Kampffmeyer was published by [[Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company]] that same year.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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== Legislative service ==
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Gaylord was elected in November 1908 to the State Senate from the Sixth district (9th, 10th, 19th, 20th and 22nd [[wards of the United States|wards]] of the City of Milwaukee) for a four-year term to succeed fellow Socialist [[Jacob Rummel]], receiving 6,236 votes against 5,820 for Republican August Langhoff. He was appointed to the [[standing committee]]s on [[manufacturing|manufactures]] and [[employment|labor]], and on [[public health]].<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1909 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The blue book of the state of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909; pp. 492, 566, 1095]</ref>


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===Legislative service===
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In 1910, he was again the Socialist nominee for the Fourth Congressional District, coming in second to Democratic incumbent [[William Joseph Cary]], and in that banner election year for the Socialist Party of Milwaukee came with 447 votes of unseating the incumbent.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1911 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The blue book of the state of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911; p. 729]</ref>

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Gaylord was elected in November 1908 to the [[Wisconsin Senate]] from the [[Wisconsin's 6th State Senate district|6th State Senate district]] (9th, 10th, 19th, 20th and 22nd [[wards of the United States|wards]] of the city of Milwaukee) for a four-year term to succeed fellow Socialist [[Jacob Rummel]], receiving 6,236 votes against 5,820 for Republican August Langhoff. He was appointed to the [[standing committee]]s on [[manufacturing|manufactures]] and [[employment|labor]], and on [[public health]].<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1909 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909; pp. 492, 566, 1095]</ref>

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In 1910, he was again the Socialist nominee for the 4th congressional district, coming in a close second to Democratic incumbent [[William Joseph Cary]]. In that banner election year for the Socialist Party of Milwaukee, he came within 447 votes of unseating the incumbent.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1911 Beck, J. D., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin'' Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911; p. 729]</ref>
By 1911, he was the statewide [[Organizing (management)|Organizer]] for the Socialist Party. In 1912, with his Senate district had been [[redistricting|redistricted]] out of existence (it had been split between new Fifth and Sixth districts, which were taken by Republican [[George Weigel]] and Democrat [[George Weissleder]] respectively), he was again the Socialist nominee for the Fourth Congressional District, coming in second again to William Joseph Cary. He was also serving as [[Chairman]] of the Socialist Party's statewide executive committee.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1913 ''The Wisconsin blue book'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1913; pp. 600, 631]</ref> In 1914 he was the Congressional candidate, and came within 365 votes of unseating Cary.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1915 ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1915'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1915; p. 230]</ref> In 1916, he still came in second and received almost one-third of the vote, but Cary extended his winning margin over Gaylord to almost one thousand votes.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1917 ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1917'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1917; p. 289]</ref>
By 1911, he was the statewide [[Party organizer|organizer]] for the Socialist Party. In 1912, with his Senate district had been [[redistricting|redistricted]] out of existence (it had been split between new Fifth and Sixth districts, which were taken by Republican [[George Weigel]] and Democrat [[George Weissleder]] respectively), he was again the Socialist nominee for the 4th congressional district, coming in second again to William Joseph Cary. He was also serving as [[Party chair|chairman]] of the Socialist Party's statewide executive committee.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1913 ''The Wisconsin blue book'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1913; pp. 600, 631]</ref> He was a congressional candidate again in 1914, and came within 365 votes of unseating Cary.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1915 ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1915'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1915; p. 230]</ref> In 1916, he still came in second and received almost one-third of the vote, but Cary extended his winning margin over Gaylord to almost one thousand votes.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1917 ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1917'' Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1917; p. 289]</ref>


== Influence and controversy ==
===Influence and controversy===
Gaylord was credited by [[Carl Sandburg]] with introducing him to the ideas of the [[Sewer Socialism|Wisconsin wing]] of the Socialist Party, and with persuading him to move to Wisconsin.<ref>Sandburg, Carl, with an introduction by Margaret Sandburg and George Hendrick. ''Ever the Winds of Chance'' Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983, 1999. ISBN 978-0-252-06848-5 , p. 163</ref>
Gaylord was credited by [[Carl Sandburg]] with introducing him to the ideas of the [[Sewer Socialism|Wisconsin wing]] of the Socialist Party, and with persuading him to move to Wisconsin.<ref>Sandburg, Carl, with an introduction by Margaret Sandburg and George Hendrick. ''Ever the Winds of Chance'', Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983, 1999; pg. 163; {{ISBN|978-0-252-06848-5}}</ref>


Gaylord was expelled from the Socialist Party in May 1917 after his and A. M. Simons' letter to [[U.S. Senator|Senate of the United States]] [[Paul Husting]] denouncing as [[treason]]able the anti-[[World War I]] majority report of the Socialist convention in April 1917 and recommending its suppression by the government was printed in the ''[[Congressional Record]]''. Husting used this letter and communications from Gaylord to the ''[[Milwaukee Journal]]'' in support of the [[Espionage Act of 1917]].<ref>"Socialists Expel Simons, Gaylord: County Central Committee Vote Stands 63 For and 3 Against" ''[[Milwaukee Leader]]'', v. 6, no. 143 (May 24, 1917), pg. 1</ref> He became a leading member of the pro-war element within the labor movement in the United States, speaking on platforms with such conservative icons as [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]. He was among those who were present at the September, 1917 organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Loyalty Legion.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1919 Kull, George F. "Wisconsin Loyalty Legion" in "Wisconsin's War Activities" section of ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1919'' (Hunter, Paul F., ed.) Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1919; pp. 415-41]</ref> Gaylord died on February 23, 1943.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html Biodata]</ref>
In May 1917, Gaylord and [[Algie Martin Simons|A. M. Simons]] wrote a letter to [[United States Senator|U.S. senator]] [[Paul Husting]] denouncing him as a [[treason|traitor]] to the anti-[[World War I]] majority of the Socialist convention in April 1917 and recommending his suppression from the government, claimed a communication published in the ''[[Congressional Record]]''. Husting used this letter and additional communications from Gaylord to the ''[[Milwaukee Journal]]'' in support of the [[Espionage Act of 1917]].<ref>"Socialists Expel Simons, Gaylord: County Central Committee Vote Stands 63 For and 3 Against" ''[[Milwaukee Leader]]'', vol 6, no. 143 (May 24, 1917), pg. 1</ref> As a result, the Milwaukee Central Committee of the Socialist Party took action against both Gaylord and Simons, expelling them for "Party Treason" by a vote of 63 to 2.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/05/29/102348615.pdf "Two 'Traitors,'"] ''New York Times'', May 29, 1917.</ref>


He became a leading member of the pro-war element within the labor movement in the United States, speaking on platforms with such conservative icons as [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]. He was among those who were present at the September 1917 organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Loyalty Legion.<ref>Kull, George F.[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1919 "Wisconsin Loyalty Legion" in "Wisconsin's War Activities" section of ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1919'' (Hunter, Paul F., ed.) Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1919; pp. 415-41; accessed June 21, 2017.]</ref> Gaylord died in [[Palmetto, Florida]] on February 23, 1943.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54641253/winfield-r-gaylord/ |title=Winfield R. Gaylord |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |page=15 |date=1943-02-24 |access-date=2020-07-03 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html Profile], politicalgraveyard.com. Accessed June 21, 2017.</ref> His wife, Olive Semarimus Brown Gaylord (1872-1952), died nine years later.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
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Revision as of 18:27, 8 July 2024

Winfield Gaylord
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 6th district
In office
January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913
Preceded byJacob Rummel
Succeeded byGeorge Weissleder
Personal details
Born
Winfield Romeo Gaylord

(1870-06-14)June 14, 1870
Verona, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedFebruary 23, 1943(1943-02-23) (aged 72)
Palmetto, Florida, U.S.
Resting placePalmetto Cemetery, Palmetto, Florida
Political partySocial Democratic (Wisconsin)
SpouseOlive Semarimus Brown
Children1
EducationChicago Theological Seminary
OccupationMinister, lecturer, journalist

Winfield Romeo Gaylord (June 14, 1870 – February 23, 1943) was an American journalist, minister, and socialist lecturer. He represented the northwest side of the city of Milwaukee in the Wisconsin State Senate during the 1909 and 1911 sessions. He also ran for U.S. House of Representatives five times on the Socialist or Social Democratic ticket, and was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1906.[1]

Biography

Background

Gaylord was born June 14, 1870, in Verona, Mississippi, to Benjamin Franklin Gaylord (1835-1872) and Elsie Manelle Beebe Monismith (1842-1925). He attended public school in Cleveland, Ohio; studied at Ohio Wesleyan University, Hamline University, Northwestern University, and Chicago Theological Seminary, graduating from the latter school in 1908. He served as a pastor in various Methodist and Congregational churches in Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin, from 1889 to 1902. From 1902 he worked as a lecturer on popular and economic subjects.[2]

Political activity

He served as a national lecturer for the Socialist Party and was a member of the Wisconsin state executive board of the Social Democratic Party. In 1904, he was nominated for U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, losing to Republican incumbent Theobald Otjen.[3] In 1906, he was the Socialist nominee for Governor of Wisconsin, losing to Republican acting Governor James O. Davidson, coming in third in a five-way race.[4]

He was a delegate to the Milwaukee city charter convention of 1908, and his translation of Changes in the theory and tactics of the (German) social-democracy by Paul Kampffmeyer was published by Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company that same year.[citation needed]

Legislative service

Gaylord was elected in November 1908 to the Wisconsin Senate from the 6th State Senate district (9th, 10th, 19th, 20th and 22nd wards of the city of Milwaukee) for a four-year term to succeed fellow Socialist Jacob Rummel, receiving 6,236 votes against 5,820 for Republican August Langhoff. He was appointed to the standing committees on manufactures and labor, and on public health.[5]

In 1910, he was again the Socialist nominee for the 4th congressional district, coming in a close second to Democratic incumbent William Joseph Cary. In that banner election year for the Socialist Party of Milwaukee, he came within 447 votes of unseating the incumbent.[6]

By 1911, he was the statewide organizer for the Socialist Party. In 1912, with his Senate district had been redistricted out of existence (it had been split between new Fifth and Sixth districts, which were taken by Republican George Weigel and Democrat George Weissleder respectively), he was again the Socialist nominee for the 4th congressional district, coming in second again to William Joseph Cary. He was also serving as chairman of the Socialist Party's statewide executive committee.[7] He was a congressional candidate again in 1914, and came within 365 votes of unseating Cary.[8] In 1916, he still came in second and received almost one-third of the vote, but Cary extended his winning margin over Gaylord to almost one thousand votes.[9]

Influence and controversy

Gaylord was credited by Carl Sandburg with introducing him to the ideas of the Wisconsin wing of the Socialist Party, and with persuading him to move to Wisconsin.[10]

In May 1917, Gaylord and A. M. Simons wrote a letter to U.S. senator Paul Husting denouncing him as a traitor to the anti-World War I majority of the Socialist convention in April 1917 and recommending his suppression from the government, claimed a communication published in the Congressional Record. Husting used this letter and additional communications from Gaylord to the Milwaukee Journal in support of the Espionage Act of 1917.[11] As a result, the Milwaukee Central Committee of the Socialist Party took action against both Gaylord and Simons, expelling them for "Party Treason" by a vote of 63 to 2.[12]

He became a leading member of the pro-war element within the labor movement in the United States, speaking on platforms with such conservative icons as Nicholas Murray Butler. He was among those who were present at the September 1917 organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Loyalty Legion.[13] Gaylord died in Palmetto, Florida on February 23, 1943.[14][15] His wife, Olive Semarimus Brown Gaylord (1872-1952), died nine years later.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Profile, PoliticalGraveyard.com; accessed June 21, 2017.
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' Biographical Sketch of Winfield R. Gaylord, pg. 1095
  3. ^ Erickson, Halford, ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905; pp. 1066-67
  4. ^ Beck, J. D., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1907; pg. 1120
  5. ^ Beck, J. D., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909; pp. 492, 566, 1095
  6. ^ Beck, J. D., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911; p. 729
  7. ^ The Wisconsin blue book Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1913; pp. 600, 631
  8. ^ The Wisconsin blue book, 1915 Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1915; p. 230
  9. ^ The Wisconsin blue book, 1917 Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1917; p. 289
  10. ^ Sandburg, Carl, with an introduction by Margaret Sandburg and George Hendrick. Ever the Winds of Chance, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983, 1999; pg. 163; ISBN 978-0-252-06848-5
  11. ^ "Socialists Expel Simons, Gaylord: County Central Committee Vote Stands 63 For and 3 Against" Milwaukee Leader, vol 6, no. 143 (May 24, 1917), pg. 1
  12. ^ "Two 'Traitors,'" New York Times, May 29, 1917.
  13. ^ Kull, George F."Wisconsin Loyalty Legion" in "Wisconsin's War Activities" section of The Wisconsin blue book, 1919 (Hunter, Paul F., ed.) Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1919; pp. 415-41; accessed June 21, 2017.
  14. ^ "Winfield R. Gaylord". Tampa Bay Times. February 24, 1943. p. 15. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Profile, politicalgraveyard.com. Accessed June 21, 2017.
Party political offices
Preceded by
William A. Arnold
 Social Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin
1906 		Succeeded by
Harvey Dee Brown
Wisconsin Senate
Preceded by Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 6th district
January 4, 1909 – January 6, 1913 		Succeeded by
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