What is Daniel Woodson?
{{Infobox Governor |name= Daniel Woodson |image= |caption= |order= |office= Acting Territorial Governor of Kansas |term_start1= April 17, 1855 |term_end1= June 23, 1855 |term_start2= August 16, 1855 |term_end2= September 9, 1855 |term_start3= June 24, 1856 |term_end3= July 7, 1856 |term_start4= August 18, 1856 |term_end4= September 9, 1856 |term_start5= March 12, 1857 |term_end5= April 16, 1857 |lieutenant= None |predecessor= None |successor= |birth_date= May 24, 1824 |birth_place= [[Albemarle County, Virginia]] |death_date= October 5, 1894 (aged 70) |death_place= [[Claremore, Oklahoma|Claremore, Indian Territory]] |spouse= America Fuqua Christian Palmer |profession= printer, newspaper editor, politician, land agent |party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] |footnotes= }} '''Daniel Woodson''' (May 24, 1824 – October 5, 1894) was secretary of [[Kansas Territory]] (1854–1857) and a five-time acting governor of the territory.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legendsofkansas.com/people-w-2.html |title=Historic People of Kansas - Last Name starts with &quot;W&quot; - Page 2 |access-date=2019-07-02 |archive-date=2020-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406120542/http://www.legendsofkansas.com/people-w-2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Early life== Woodson was born on a farm in [[Albemarle County, Virginia]]. Both of his parents died by the time he was 7 years old. ==Political career== Woodson was chosen to be secretary of the Kansas Territory by President [[Franklin Pierce]] on June 29, 1854. He took the oath of office in [[Washington, DC]] on September 28. He made $2,000 per year. He agreed with people who wanted to make Kansas a slave state. He agreed with what the pro-slavery people in the territory wanted. While Governor [[Andrew Horatio Reeder|Andrew Reeder]] was away from the territory, Woodson became acting governor. He signed the first laws passed by the territorial legislature. Even though this first territorial legislature was seen as real by the federal government, [[free-sta