George Woodward Greene

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George Woodward Greene

George Woodward Greene (born July 4, 1831 in Mount Hope , New York , † July 21, 1895 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives in 1869 and 1870 .

Career

George Woodward Greene studied classical studies and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . He taught at a school. Greene studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1860 and then began practicing in Goshen . He was a school commissioner in Orange County . He was a judge on Orange County Court between 1861 and 1864 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1868 for the 41st Congress , Greene was elected in the eleventh constituency of New York to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles Van Wyck on March 4, 1869 . Van Wyck, however, successfully challenged his election because of a mistake in the registration, so that Greene resigned from the Congress after February 17, 1870 .

Greene was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1885 and 1888 . He died on July 21, 1895 in New York City and was then buried in "The Plains" Cemetery in Otisville .

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SURNAME Greene, George Woodward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Hope , New York
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1895
Place of death New York City