New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27
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horn in Ncy-York City on September 3. $50.
he is descended from early settlers OF come ''"'
a century before the Revolution. II tie war I"f
American Independence his patcrnal grnnHlathei
took part. and his grandfather served IN uNe "''
Of 1872 After preparing for college az thc ,o.''"
hia Grammar School he entered Oolnm"ia 'o!r.'
a; tie aec Of fifteen. year later he went I" i'''
and spent tie sophomore year. INV rc''Inr" ~
Columbia. and was graduated in the class oil lS'4'
He refused the vacdictoTy. ms some oil MS cH'S>
mates objected 10 his receiving the hohor S'"'r
t lad mo, sn.pnt the entire course with them, ana
he WAS chosen 10 deliver the fh'chhl''
,ration in honor Of the completion Of TIC
first one hundred years OF lis history ny
fbc institution. After completing his c'If-'
colr,. lc studied law ana was admitted L"
th. bar in l-57. In The hi~t Lincoln campaign,
IN t-co le took an active part and spoke IN All
part, If the state. After the election 10 was
,,,de tnc messenger IL tie Electoral college 70
carry the vote Of Ncw-iork for Lincoln ana liam
lin 20 Washington
In tho sprinr Of 1861 ne declined the appoint
mont Of Associate United States Justice for the
Tertiary Of Nebraska. and accepted the post oil
Assistant United States DiSi-Ict-Att"rney Tor inc
Sort,crn District Of New-York lie had clnrr'
4 th,. bureau for tle prosecution OF c'N's gro"
ing ont Of the blockade while hr remained III
the Office In the second year u 'Ae W. "Hc"
disaster was Detailing the Northern forces h'
resigned lis Office and offered BIS services - ''
Government and enlisted IN Company H.
10Th New York Volunteers. Almost IN
rncdiatrlv he was made captain Of tnr
COMPANY and was soon chosen lieutenant
colonel Of the regiment. He saw service III t"'
Dis,rc, Of Columbia. Virginia and Sol'l caro-
lima I'm 1864 he was Judrc-Ad yor"t"''rnrra oi
tIo Department Of tie South, ProyoN'-MaTNhhl-
General and Chief Of stan o: General "lilin'Ir.
He was promoted 10 the rank Of colonel Tor gal
bntrv N action and brcvctcl brigadicr-gcrcral
After the evacuation Of Charleston lie was Inc
mllitar, Governor Of the city. and subsequently
Of Savannah, and in both he reorganzed tie all
mini,tration Of affairs and set the municipal ma
clincry in motion. On August -, 1863, General
Woodford rcs.gncd his commission and resumed
his aw practice.
Before he entered the army he had made bis
home in BROOKLYN but his Ncw-York friends
nominated him in the fall of 1860 for Judge Of
tho Court Of Common Pleas, an honor he declined
Hut the following year no accepted "A nomination
from the RcDublican State Convention for Lieu
tenant Governor. on the ticket with Reuben l..
Fenton for Governor and was elected hy a plural
NV Of 1921 Northumberland W"odford
was the Youngest man who had ever presided over
the state senate. but he discharged the duties
Of the Office 50 successfully that only one appca.
was ever taken from hi, rulings and IN that he
was sustained At the Close OF lis term the sen
ate placed his portrait the walls Of the senate
Chamber. In l-Gs General Woodford declined
nomiualon 20 Congress in the Hid District and III
/ $40 hc was the Republican candidate for Gov
crnor AGAINST Governor John r. Holman. The
contest was a cioSe one and the Tweed Ring was
in control in Ncw-York City. with the result that
Go,crnor Hoffman was declared reelected.
While dcvoting himself TO his law-practicc CEN
| cral Woodford had lost none of his interest in
politics. and in 1872 was one of the delegates TO
| The National Republican Convention. which nom
mated General Grant He was an Elcctor-atI.argc
in that year and presided over the Electoral Col
| egc Of the State which cast its vote for Grant
| and Wilson. In the same election he was can
didaie for Congress in the Hid District and de-
| featcd w. w. Goodrich by 1903 votes. In the
| Mild Congress he was made member Of the
War Claims Civil Service Reform and Centennial
Exposition committees. and hc made number
| Of speeches before the House. III 1874 he re
| signed his seat and was succeeded by ). b.
| Chitiendcn. When the GIccnback craze was at
| it's height in Ohio in 1873 General Woodford
Went To- that State and made a series Of hard
| money speeches which turned the tide and aided
| largely in the election Of Governor L. T. Hayes.
The public debates between General WoodforCl
| and General Thomas Ewing aroused great public
! attention ana served 10 show % Republicans the
| evils OF imitation.
| General Woodford was delegate to the Ma
| tiOnal RcpL blican Convention Of 1876. and aided
| in the nomination Of President Hayes He was
| himself candidate for Nicc-l resident, but after
| receiving 90 votes withdrew in favor Of another
| New YORKER. William \. Wheeler In January,
1871. President GT?ht appointed Lin United States
Dstrict-Att1rncy for the Southern District Of
| Ncw-York. and he was subsequently rcappoInted
| by President Garfield In 1883 he was succeeded
| ny E)ihu Root. He was Il delegate 10 the Ma
| tiOnal Republican Convention in 1850, and after
| it was decided that General Arthur shonld he
| New York's candidate fof Vice President he put
| him in nomination and took an active part in
| the campaign. Since he retired from the Office
| Of United States Distrct-Attorncy General Wood
| ford has held no public office, hut has devoted
himself closely To his profession In which he has
| gained honor AMI cmolumcn' lie IS member
| Of the law firm Of Armour Ritch Il Woolford.
| WHOSE offices are In Wall-s'. Ncw-fork
General Woo1ford has been President Of the
| New England Society OF Ncw-lOrk, and Of the
| Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of New-York He Is a
| member Of the G.. A. r., and has served vice
| president Of the Society of the Army Of the Po
| tomac In financial matters he is vice president