George Washington Woodward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1809
Place of Birth: Bethany, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 10-May-1875
Profession: judge, lawyer, politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About George Washington Woodward
- George Washington Woodward (March 26, 1809 – May 10, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S.
- House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George W.
- Woodward was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania.
- He attended Geneva Seminary (now Hobart and William Smith Colleges) in Geneva, New York, and Wilkes-Barre Academy in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
- He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre.
- He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1837.
- He served as president judge of the fourth judicial district from 1841 to 1851. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1844.
- Woodward was nominated in 1845 by President James K.
- Polk as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States but was not confirmed by the Senate.
- He was an associate judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1863 and chief justice from 1863 to 1867.
- He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor in 1863. Woodward was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Denison.
- He was reelected to the Forty-first Congress.
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870.
- He was a delegate to the 1868 Democratic National Convention.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for president judge of the eleventh judicial district in 1870.
- He moved to Philadelphia prior to 1860 and continued the practice of law.
- He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1873.
- He traveled abroad in 1874 and died in Rome in 1875.
- Interment in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His son, George A.
- Woodward, would become a Brigadier General in the United States Army.
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00238. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH83- 349 <P&P>[P&P]
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| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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| Alternative names | Levin C. Handy | ||
| Description | American photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 10 August 1855 | 26 March 1932 / 23 March 1932 | |
| Location of birth/death | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | |
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00238. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH83- 349 <P&P>[P&P]
License: PD-Brady-Handy
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