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Woodruff, Hiram

author, was born Feb. 22, 1817, in Flemington, N. J. He was a noted horse-trainer who wrote The Trotting Horse of America. He died March 13, 1867, in New York.

Woodhull, William

clergyman, was born Dec. 3, 1741, in Miller's Place, L. I., N. Y. He was a member of the provincial congress of New Jersey which met at Burlington in 1776; deposed Gov.

William Franklin, the last royal governor, and framed the first constitution of New Jersey, and of the convention that met at Trenton in 1787, and adopted the United States constitution. He died Oct. 24, 1824, in Chester, N. J.

Woodman, Charles W

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 11, 1844, in Denmark. He was appointed prosecuting attorney of the lower courts in Chicago, Ill., in 1877, and in 1881 was appointed justice of the peace by the judges of Cook county. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Woodman, J. F

railroad president, was born in England. Since 1893 he has been president of the Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs railway at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Woodruff, Lewis E

lawyer, jurist, was born June 19, 1809, in Litchfield, Conn. In 1849 he was elected to the bench of common pleas, and in 1855 was transferred to that of the superior court.

In 1868 he was appointed judge of the court of appeals, and in 1869 was appointed circuit judge of the United States for the second circuit. He died Sept. 10, 1875, in Litchfield, Conn.

Woodruff, Thomas M

merchant, congressman. He was a resident of New York city, and was a member of congress from 1845 to 1847. He died about 1870.

Woods, Almond Le Roy

educator, journalist, was born June 21, 1856, in Troy, Maine. He received his education at the Maine Central institute and at Bates college, and has received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. He is a successful educator; was president of the North Dakota State Educational association in 1890, and is now superintendent of county schools of Walsh county, N. D. In 1889 he established Common School, a state educational journal, of which he is still the editor-in-chief.

Woods, George L

lawyer, jurist, governor, was born July 30, 1832, in Boone county, Mo. In 1847 he moved to Oregon with his father; in 1863 he was appointed county judge of Wasco county, and in 1864 was elected presidential elector. In 1866 he was elected governor of Oregon for four years, and from 1871 served four years as governor of Utah territory. He died Jan. 14, 1890, in Portland, Ore.

Woods, Henry

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1803.

Woods, John

governor. He was governor of Illinois for a part of the years 1860 and 1861.

Woods, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1817.

Woods, John

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1794 in Dauphin county, Pa.

In 1824 he was elected from Ohio to congress and served two terms. In 1829 he became the editor and publisher of the Hamilton Intelligencer. In 1845 he was elected auditor of the state, which office he held for two terms. He died July 30, 1855, in Hamilton, Ohio.