George C. Woodruff

George C. Woodruff

George Catlin Woodruff (born December 1, 1805 in Litchfield , Connecticut , †  November 21, 1885 there ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Woodruff attended Yale College until 1825 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1827, he began to practice in Litchfield in his new profession. Between 1832 and 1846, with a short break in 1842, he was also the postman in this town.

Politically, Woodruff was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1851 he was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives. In the congressional election of 1860 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut . There he took over on March 4, 1861, succeeding the Republican Orris S. Ferry . Since he lost to John Henry Hubbard in the next election in 1862 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1863 , which was determined by the events of the Civil War .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, George Woodruff returned to work as a lawyer. He was re-elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1866 and 1874. He died on November 21, 1885 in his native Litchfield.

Web links

• George C. Woodruff in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George C. Woodruff in the database of Find a Grave (English)