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Woodruff, John

state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1826, in Hartford, Conn. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature in 1854. In 1855 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the thirty-fourth congress, and was also elected to the thirty-sixth congress. He subsequently held the position of collector of internal revenue for the district of New Haven. He died May 20, 1868, in New Haven, Conn. He is a United WOODHULL, ALFRED ALEXANDER, physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1837 in New Jersey. He is a United States army surgeon, and the author of Notes on Military Hygiene; and Studies in the Non-Emetic Use of Ipecacuanha.

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