Asa Burr Woodward (March 31, 1830 – July 26, 1921) was a member of the

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representing the 12th District from 1871 to 1873, a member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

representing Norwalk from 1867 to 1869, and a

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of the Borough of Norwalk in 1872. He was born March 31, 1830, the son of Lucius and Lucia Burr Woodward. He graduated from Yale College in 1853. He worked in the law office of

Orris S. Ferry Orris Sanford Ferry (August 15, 1823 – November 21, 1875) was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a brigadier general ...

. He was admitted to the bar in 1857. He was a judge of probate for the Norwalk district beginning in 1878. He served as President of the Fairfield County Savings Bank, a director of the South Norwalk Trust Company, and President of the Fairfield County Bar Association. In 1902, he was a member of the Connecticut Constitutional Convention.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodward, Asa Burr 1830 births 1921 deaths Connecticut state court judges Republican Party Connecticut state senators Mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut People from Watertown, Connecticut Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Yale College alumni