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Woolworth, James M

lawyer, state legislator, author, was born in 1829 in Onondaga Valley, N. Y. After practicing law in Syracuse, he moved to Omaha in 1856; and was the first city attorney of Omaha. He served one session in the Nebraska legislature, and in 1871 was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1873 he was a democratic candidate for chief justice of the supreme court.

Among his publications are A Hand-Book of Nebraska Territory; two volumes of Nebraska State Reports; and one volume of United States Circuit Court Reports.

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