John Woods (October 18, 1794 – July 30, 1855) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Woods moved with his parents to Ohio, where he attended the common schools. As a young man, he served in the

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. After the war he operated a school near Springborough for two years. He studied law, was

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in 1819 and commenced the practice of his profession in Hamilton, Ohio. From 1820 to 1825, he served as prosecuting attorney of Butler County. Woods was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. In 1829 he became editor and publisher of the Hamilton ''Intelligencer''. He served as state auditor of Ohio from 1845 to 1852 as a Whig. Woods was also president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad. He died in Hamilton, Ohio on July 30, 1855. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, John 1794 births 1855 deaths State Auditors of Ohio Ohio lawyers American prosecutors Politicians from Johnstown, Pennsylvania Politicians from Hamilton, Ohio 19th-century American newspaper editors 19th-century American railroad executives American military personnel of the War of 1812 Ohio Whigs 19th-century American politicians County district attorneys in Ohio National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio Burials at Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio)