The Road to Civil War

George C. Woodruff

(1 December, 1805 — 21 November, 1885) Woodruff was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Litchfield, Conn., Woodruff studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1827. Woodruff served as postmaster of Litchfield from January 4th, 1832 to January 27th, 1842 and from September 2nd, 1842 to September 28th, 1846. Subsequently, Woodruff was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1851, 1866, and 1874. Woodruff was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4th, 1861 to March 3rd, 1863. After a failed attempt to run for the Thirty-eighth Congress, Woodruff continued to practice law until his death in Litchfield Conn. in 1885. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

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