Woodson R. Oglesby

Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby (February 9, 1867 - April 30, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Richard James Oglesby.

Born near Shelbyville, Kentucky, Oglesby attended the public schools, Kentucky Wesleyan College (then at Millersburg), and the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in New York City.He served during the Spanish- American War as a private in Company C, Seventy-first Regiment, New York National Guard.He served as member of the State assembly in 1906.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.

Oglesby was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.He resumed the practice of law in New York City until his retirement in 1928 and resided in Yonkers, New York, and Quincy, Florida.He died in Quincy, Florida, April 30, 1955.He was interred in Eastern Cemetery, Quitman, Georgia.

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