William Woods (November 1790 Washington County, New York – August 7, 1837

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, Steuben County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He received limited schooling, and removed to Bath in 1813. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Bath. He was a member of the

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in 1823 and 1828. Woods was elected as an Adams-Clay

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to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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and served from December 1, 1823, to March 3, 1825. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law. He was

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of Steuben County from 1827 to 1835. He was buried at the Grove Cemetery in Bath.

References

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 200, 207, 317 and 418; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, William 1790 births 1837 deaths People from Washington County, New York People from Bath, New York Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state court judges Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American judges