Background
Bloodgood was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
Bloodgood was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
He attended the University of Wisconsin High School before graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1948 and working for the United States Census Bureau in 1949 and 1950.
In 1954, Bloodgood received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He committed suicide at a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin where he was receiving psychiatric treatment. During World World War II and the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy.
From 1951 to 1954 as a Democrat, Bloodgood was Coroner of Dane County, Wisconsin.
Bloodgood was elected to the Assembly in 1954. In April 1960, Bloodgood was elected a Wisconsin state court judge.