William Woodburn

William Woodburn ( born April 14, 1838 in County Wicklow, Ireland, † January 15, 1915 in Carson City, Nevada) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1877, and from 1885 to 1889, he represented the state of Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1849 immigrated William Woodburn with his parents to the United States. He attended St. Charles College in Maryland. After studying law and his 1866 was admitted as a lawyer in Virginia City, he began to work in his new profession. From 1871 to 1872 he was district attorney in Storey County.

In the congressional elections of 1874 was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington William Woodburn as a candidate of the Republican Party for the state of Nevada. There he took over from the March 4, 1875 Charles West Kendall. In Congress, he completed until March 3, 1877 first a legislature. Then Thomas Wren took over his seat in 1884 and 1886 Woodburn ran successfully but for a return to Congress. He was able to complete in 1889 two further terms as congressman between March 4th 1885 and March 3.

After his time in the House, he again worked as a lawyer. In 1892 he applied unsuccessfully to re- return to the parliament in Washington. William Woodburn died in January 1915 in Carson City, and was also buried there.