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{{Short description|American general, politician and lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Willis Arnold Gorman▼
|name = Willis A. Gorman
|image = WillisAGorman1872.jpg
|caption = Willis A. Gorman, 1872
|office = 2nd [[List of governors of Minnesota#Minnesota Territory|Territorial Governor of Minnesota]]
|appointer = [[Franklin Pierce]]
|term_start = May 15, 1853
|term_end = April 23, 1857
|predecessor = [[Alexander Ramsey]]
|successor = [[Samuel Medary]]
|state2 = [[Indiana]]
|birth_date= {{birth date|1816|1|12|mf=y}}▼
|district2 = {{ushr|IN|6|6th}}
|birth_place= [[Flemingsburg, Kentucky]], [[United States|U.S.]]▼
|term_start2 = March 4, 1849
|death_date= {{death date|1876|5|20|mf=y}}▼
|term_end2 = March 3, 1853
|death_place= [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], [[United States|U.S.]]▼
|predecessor2 = [[George G. Dunn]]
|successor2 = [[Thomas A. Hendricks]]
|profession= lawyer and politician▼
|spouse= Martha Stone▼
|term_start3 = 1841
|term_end3 = 1844
▲|birth_date = {{birth date|1816|1|12|mf=y}}
▲|death_date = {{death date and age|1876|5|20|1816|1|12|mf=y}}
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
▲|spouse = Martha Stone
▲|profession = lawyer and politician
|allegiance = United States
|branch = [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]]
|serviceyears = 1846–1848<br/>1861–1864
|rank = [[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]
|commands = 4th Indiana Volunteers<br />[[1st Minnesota Infantry]]<br />1st Bde, 2nd Div, [[II Corps (Union Army)|II Corps]]
|unit = 3rd Indiana Volunteers
|battles = [[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]]
}}
'''Willis Arnold Gorman''' (January 12, 1816
==Biography==
Gorman was born near [[Flemingsburg, Kentucky]]. He was the only child of David and Elizabeth Gorman, both of Irish descent. In 1835, the family moved to [[Bloomington, Indiana]], where Gorman
In 1845 he returned to Indiana University and completed his law degree. In 1846 he volunteered for the army, enlisted as a private, and went to fight in the [[
[[File:Willis Gorman and wife.jpg|thumb|left|Willis Gorman and Martha Stone.]]
Gorman, politically a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]], served as the second Territorial [[Governor of Minnesota]] from May 15, 1853, to April 23, 1857, at the appointment of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Pierce]]. During his time as Governor of Minnesota, he masterminded an unsuccessful plan to move the capital of the territory from [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] to [[St. Peter, Minnesota|St. Peter]], where he owned land that would have been eminently suitable for use as the new capitol grounds. The plan was sidetracked when legislator [[Joe Rolette]] disappeared with the bill until the last seconds of the legislative session.
He spent a number of years practicing law in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], and served in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] from May 11, 1858, to January 1859.
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With the [[secession]] of several Southern [[slave states]], Gorman offered his services to the army. He was appointed [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] of the [[1st Minnesota Infantry]], serving in the [[First Battle of Bull Run]] on July 21, 1861. On September 7, 1861, he was appointed [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of volunteers and assigned to command a [[brigade]] in the [[II Corps (ACW)|II Corps]] in [[Army of the Potomac]] during the [[Peninsular Campaign]]. His troops suffered high casualties during the [[Battle of Antietam]] in an ill-fated attack on [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] positions in the West Woods. Later in the year, he was assigned to command the District of Eastern Arkansas.
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In 1864 he left the service and resumed his law practice in St. Paul. He was elected City attorney in 1869, and continued in that position until his death. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul.
==See also==
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*[[List of American Civil War generals (Union)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{citation
|last= Heitman
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*{{citation
|url=
|title=Fifty Years in the Northwest
|first1=William Henry Carman
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|year=1888
|pages=581–582
}}
* The [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P1766.xml personal papers] of Willis A. Gorman are available for research use at the [http://www.mnhs.org Minnesota Historical Society.]
==External links==
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