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- U.S. presidential cabinet level officeholders
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Canadian House of Commons
- U.S. state senators
- U.S. state representatives
- Canadian provincial legislators
- U.S. state supreme court justices
- U.S. military officers
- Other
- Notable consanguinity descendants
- References
The Woodworth political family is a collection of American and Canadian politicians who descend directly from colonial settler Walter Woodworth. They rose to prominence in the 19th century, serving in several states, in the United States House of Representatives, the House of Commons of Canada, and included America's first Surgeon General. In the modern era, two United States Presidents claim lineage to Walter.[1][2][3][4] U.S. presidential cabinet level officeholders - John Maynard Woodworth (R) - United States 1st Surgeon General: 1871-1879
U.S. House of Representatives- James H. Woodworth (R) - Illinois: 1855-1857 (also served as Mayor of Chicago)
- Laurin D. Woodworth (R) - Ohio: 1873-1877
- William W. Woodworth (D) - New York: 1845-1847
Canadian House of Commons- Douglas B. Woodworth (LC) - Kings: 1882-1887
U.S. state senators- Frederick A. Woodworth - California: 1857
- Arthur W. Woodworth (R) - Vermont: 1880 (also served in the legislature)
- Robert Woodworth - New York: 1792-1796 (also served as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and in the legislature)
- Frederick L. Woodworth - Michigan: 1913-1916 (also served in the Michigan house of representatives)[5]
- Burrel Woodworth - Connecticut: 1833
- Wilbur Fisk Woodworth (R) - Kansas: 1863-1864 (also served in Michigan as a Circuit Court Judge)[5]
- Dempster Woodworth - Wisconsin: 1895-1899
U.S. state representatives- Thomas B. Woodworth (R) - Michigan: 1877-1888[5]
- Albert Woodworth (R) - New Hampshire: 1893-1895 (also served as Mayor of Concord)
- George W. Woodworth (D) - Vermont: 1880-1888
- Erastus Woodworth - New York: 1824-1832
- Samuel Woodworth - New York: 1811-1812
- Amos Woodworth - New York: 1835
- James S. Woodworth - Massachusetts
- Alanson Woodworth - New York: 1846
- Samuel Woodworth - New York: 1825
- Augustus Woodworth - New York: 1858
Canadian provincial legislators- Joseph E. Woodworth (C) - Manitoba: 1883-1886
U.S. state supreme court justices - John Woodworth - New York: 1819-1828 (also served in State Legislature and Senate, and as State Attorney General)
U.S. military officers - Selim E. Woodworth - Commander, U.S. Navy (also served in California Senate)
- Benjamin Woodworth - Captain, War of 1812 (also served as a Marshal, Sheriff, and Coroner for Wayne County, Michigan)[5]
- Abner Woodworth - Captain, War of 1812 (later a general)
- Gershom Woodworth - Captain, French & Indian War and American Revolution[6]
- General George Vanwyck Pope, known as Van Pope - Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Chief of Staff to Gen. Omar Bradley during the founding of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during World War II;[7] descendant of Chicago Mayor James H. Woodworth
Other- Stephen Elias Woodworth - Signed the Declaration of Sentiments[8]
Notable consanguinity descendants- U.S. Senator from Connecticut Prescott Bush
- U.S. President George H.W. Bush[9]
- U.S. President George W. Bush
- Florida Governor Jeb Bush
- Emory A. Chase, New York Supreme Court Justice: 1897-1920
References1. ^"Woodworth", Political Graveyard, Retrieved March 30, 2009
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=b-pfAAAAMAAJ&dq=b.,+spencer+woodworth&source=gbs_navlinks_s "Descendants of Walter Woodworth"], Retrieved October 7, 2009
3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=EthxO9RvKw8C&pg=PA1135& "Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire"], Retrieved March 30, 2015
4. ^Behan, Jeannette W., Walter Woodworth Family History and Genealogy, 7th Generation, Volume 2
5. ^1 2 3 [https://books.google.com/books?id=xBkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA839& "History of Michigan, Volume 23"], p. 838, retrieved October 9, 2009
6. ^Historical marker on County Highway 145 in Mayfield, Fulton County, NY
7. ^{{Find a Grave |10933011|George Vanwyck Pope}}
8. ^National Park Service list of the signers of the Declaration of Sentiments
9. ^"Ancestry of George H.W. Bush", Retrieved 7 oct 2009.
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