William Woodburn (April 14, 1838 – January 15, 1915) was an American

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and a member of the

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from

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. He

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with his parents to the

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in 1849. He attended

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, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He commenced the practice of law in

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. In 1871 and 1872, he was the

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. William Woodburn was elected as a

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to the

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, which met from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877. He was later elected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, and he served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889. He resumed the practice of his profession in Virginia City, Nevada. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the

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. He was appointed Attorney General of Nevada by Governor

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on January 15, 1901, succeeding William D. Jones who resigned to become a state district court judge. Woodburn served the remainder of Jones' term which expired in January 1903, and returned to private practice. Woodburn died on January 15, 1915, in

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. He was interred in St. Theresa Cemetery.

References

Office of the Nevada Attorney General: William Woodburn - Republican

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* 1838 births 1915 deaths Politicians from County Wicklow Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Nevada Attorneys General District attorneys in Nevada People from Virginia City, Nevada Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada 19th-century American politicians {{Nevada-politician-stub