David Woodcock

David Woodcock (August 29, 1784 Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts - September 18, 1835 Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Woodcock attended the public schools, then studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. in 1807, he married Mary I. Baker (ca. 1787-1860). He removed to Ithaca, and was appointed Postmaster on November 19, 1808.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Seneca Co.) in 1814-15. He was District Attorney of the Thirteenth District (comprising Seneca, Tompkins, Cortland and Broome counties) from 1817 to 1818; and of Tompkins County from 1818 to 1823. He was the first President of the Cayuga Steamboat Company when it was organized in 1819.

Woodcock was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law, and was President and Trustee of the Village of Ithaca in 1823, 1824, and 1826. He was again a member of the State Assembly (Tompkins Co.) in 1826.

Woodcock was elected to the 20th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829. He took a prominent part in the Anti-Masonic movement and was a delegate to the first Anti-Masonic Party State convention, held in Utica in August 1828. Afterwards he again resumed the practice of law. He died in 1835 and was buried at the City Cemetery in Ithaca.

His daughter Mary was married to NY Attorney General Stephen B. Cushing.

Source

• David Woodcock at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 94, 190, 204, 317, 369, 383; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Caleb Baker, Jonathan Richmond	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th congressional district 1821 - 1823 with William B. Rochester	Succeeded by Ela Collins, Egbert Ten Eyck
Preceded by Charles Humphrey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th congressional district 1827 - 1829	Succeeded by Thomas Maxwell

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Name	Woodcock, David
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Date of birth	August 29, 1784
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Date of death	September 18, 1835
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