James Blood

James Blood
Born
James Harvey Blood

December 29, 1833 (1833-12-29)
DiedDecember 29, 1885(1885-12-29) (aged 52)
Akanten, Gold Coast
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Union Army officer and politician
Spouses

James Harvey Blood (December 29, 1833 – December 29, 1885) was an American Union Army officer who was Commander of the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. He was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel, and he was elected city auditor of St. Louis. He was the second husband of Victoria Woodhull, the 19th-century suffragist and activist who was the first woman to run as a candidate for president of the United States.