page_title: John C. Woodson
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: John C. Woodson / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia
context_page_description: John Chesterfield Woodson was a nineteenth-century American lawyer and politician from Virginia.
context_section_description: In 1847, Woodson moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, practiced law and was elected Commonwealth’s Attorney there.
  During the American Civil War, Woodson was elected to represent Rockingham County in the House of Delegates alongside Charles Grattan and John H. Hopkins, but resigned and S.A. Coffman was elected in his place.
  As Virginia’s Presidential Reconstruction began, Rockingham County voters again elected Woodson  to the General Assembly for the session from 1865-1867, and he served alongside W.G. Thompson and H.B. Harnsberger.
  In 1867, Rockingham County voters elected Conservatives Woodson and Jacob N. Liggett to represent them in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.
caption: Woodson's grave at Woodbine Cemetery
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