- Laurin D. Woodworth
Laurin Dewey Woodworth (
September 10 ,1837 -March 13 ,1897 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio .Born in
Windham, Ohio , Woodworth attended the common schools, Windham (Ohio) Academy, Hiram (Ohio) College, and theOhio State University atColumbus, Ohio .He studied law at Union Law College,Cleveland, Ohio .He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice inRavenna, Ohio .He served as member of the Portage County Board of School Examiners.During theAmerican Civil War , he served in theUnion Army as major of the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry from July 1862 to December 1862.He moved toYoungstown, Ohio , in 1864 and resumed the practice of law.Woodworth was elected to the State senate in 1867.He was reelected in 1869 and served as president pro tempore.
Woodworth was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (
March 4 ,1873 -March 3 ,1877 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.He continued the practice of law inYoungstown, Ohio , until his death there onMarch 13 ,1897 .He was interred in Windham Cemetery,Windham, Ohio .ource
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