Joseph A. Woodward

Joseph Addison Woodward (born April 11, 1806 in Winnsboro , Fairfield County , South Carolina , †  August 3, 1885 in Talladega , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1853 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Woodward was a son of William Woodward , who also sat in Congress for the state of South Carolina between 1815 and 1817 . After a good primary education he studied at the University of South Carolina at Columbia . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession.

Politically, Woodward became a member of the Democratic Party . In the years 1834 and 1835 and again from 1840 to 1841 he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . In 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from Patrick C. Caldwell on March 4, 1843 . After four re-elections Woodward could complete a total of five consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1853. During this time the Mexican-American War fell . Through the peace treaty with Mexico , large parts of what is now the west and southwest of the United States came under American administration. At that time the northwest border with Canada was finally set at the 49th parallel. Woodward's final years in Congress were marked by the mounting tension in the run-up to the Civil War . It was particularly about the question of slavery .

In 1852, Joseph Woodward declined to run again. In the following years he withdrew from politics. He moved his residence and law firm to Alabama. He died there in 1885.

Web links

• Joseph A. Woodward in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph A. Woodward in the database of Find a Grave (English)