Stewart L. Woodford

Stewart Lyndon Woodford ( born September 3, 1835 in New York City; † February 14, 1913 ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican).

Career

Stewart Woodford graduated in 1854 from Columbia College (now Columbia University) in New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1857 and then began to practice in New York. Woodford was started in 1860 and in 1872 as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in part. He was 1861 and 1862 worked as a deputy prosecutor in New York City. During the Civil War he served in the Union army. He served from September 8, 1862 the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 127th New York Volunteers. Woodford came later to the 103rd United States Colored Infantry, where he was promoted on March 3, 1865 Colonel. On May 12, 1865 was followed by a promotion to brevet brigadier general of volunteers. Woodford resigned from the army on 23 August 1865. He was the first military commander of the Union in Charleston (South Carolina) and Savannah (Georgia ).

Woodford was 1867-1869 Vice- governor of New York. Then he ran unsuccessfully in 1870 for the governorship of New York. He was elected to the 43rd Congress, where he remained from March 4, 1873 until his resignation on July 1, 1874. Then he had 1877-1883 held the position of United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. On 19 June 1897 he was appointed ambassador to Spain, a position which he held until his resignation on 20 September 1898. After his return to the United States he resumed his activities as a lawyer. He died in 1913 in New York, his body was transferred to Stamford Connecticut, where he was buried in the Woodland Cemetery.

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