William Woodburn

Infobox_Congressman
name=William Woodburn


state=Nevada
district=At-Large
term_start = March 4, 1885
term_end = March 3, 1889
preceded=George Williams Cassidy
succeeded=Horace F. Bartine
state2=Nevada
district2=At-Large
term_start2 = March 4, 1875
term_end2 = March 3, 1877
preceded2=Charles West Kendall
succeeded2=Thomas Wren
date of birth= birth date|1838|4|14
place of birth=County Wicklow, Ireland
dead = dead
date of death= death date and age|1915|1|15|1838|4|14
place of death=Carson City, Nevada
residence=Virginia City
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
party=Republican|

William Woodburn (April 14, 1838 – January 15, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada. He immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1849. He attended St. Charles College, Maryland, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He commenced the practice of law in Virginia City, Nevada. In 1871 and 1872, he was the district attorney of Storey County, Nevada.

William Woodburn was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress, which met from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877. He was later elected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, and he served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889. He resumed the practice of his profession in Virginia City, Nevada. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He died on January 15, 1915 in Carson City, Nevada. He was interred in St. Theresa Cemetery.

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