David Woods (New York politician)

Summary

David Woods (May 21, 1775 – September 15, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician who was Speaker of the New York State Assembly for two terms.

Biography edit

Woods was born in what is now Northern Ireland on May 21, 1775. His family immigrated to the United States in 1786, and Woods lived in Salem, New York. He was Sheriff of Washington County from 1806 to 1810.

He was a Democratic-Republican member of the New York State Assembly from Washington County in 1811,[1] and from Washington and Warren Counties in 1816–17. Then he removed to Madison and practiced law there. He was again a member of the Assembly in 1818, this time from Madison County. He was Speaker in 1816–17 and 1818.

In 1821, he lost the election for Congress to Thomas H. Hubbard. From 1825 to 1831, he was a Canal Appraiser. In 1826, he was again a member of the Assembly from Washington County.[1] Afterwards he was a judge of the Washington County Court.[2]

Woods died at the home of his son in Cambria, New York on September 15, 1842.

His daughter Pamela was the wife of Samuel Nelson, who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

References edit

  1. ^ a b The New York Civil List. compiled by Franklin B. Hough (pages 43, 191ff, 317 and 409: Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1858)
  2. ^ The New York Annual Register (1834, page 316)

Further reading edit

  • History of Madison County, New York by Luna M. Hammond Whitney (1872)
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1816–1818
Succeeded by