Joseph A. Woodward

Joseph Addison Woodward (* April 11, 1806 in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina; † August 3, 1885 in Talladega, Alabama ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1853 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Woodward was a son of William Woodward, who was also sitting 1815-1817 for the state of South Carolina in Congress. He studied for a good primary school education at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in his new profession.

Politically, Woodward was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1834 and 1835 and again from 1840 to 1841 he was a member of the House of Representatives of South Carolina. In 1842 he was in the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1843 the successor of Patrick C. Caldwell. After four elections Woodward was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1853 a total of five contiguous legislatures. In this time of the Mexican -American War was launched. By the treaty of peace with Mexico, large parts of today's West and Southwest of the United States came under American administration. At that time, the North West border to Canada was finally set at the 49th parallel. Woodward's last years in Congress were determined from the rising tensions in the run-up to the Civil War. It went especially around the issue of slavery.

1852 renounced Joseph Woodward on a bid again. In the following years, he retired from politics. He moved his residence and his law firm to Alabama. He is also passed in 1885.