James Hutchinson Woodworth

James Hutchinson Woodworth

James Hutchinson Woodworth (born December 4, 1804 in Greenwich , Washington County , New York , †  March 26, 1869 in Highland Park , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives ; he previously served as mayor of Chicago from 1848 to 1850 .

Career

James Woodworth received only a limited education. He later moved to Fabius in Onondaga County , where he worked as a teacher. Then he worked in trade. In 1826 he was the inspector of the schools in his homeland. In 1827 he moved to Erie , Pennsylvania , where he served as justice of the peace between 1829 and 1832. From 1833 Woodworth lived in Chicago, where he traded haberdashery. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1839 and 1842 he was a member of the Illinois Senate ; from 1842 to 1847 he was a member of the House of Representatives of his state. He owned the Chicago Hydraulic Flouring Mills Mills for ten years . From 1845 to 1848 Woodworth was also a member of the City Council of Chicago, before then, succeeding to 1850 James Curtiss the office of mayor exercised.

In the 1850s, Woodworth joined the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded John Wentworth on March 4, 1855 . Until March 3, 1857, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Woodworth initially retired into private life. He later became a member of the commission for assessing war damage. He also got into banking and became president of two banks in Chicago. James Woodworth died on March 26, 1869 in Highland Park and was buried in Chicago.

Web links

• James Hutchinson Woodworth in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Hutchinson Woodworth in the database of Find a Grave (English)