Woodworth political family

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]

(R) - United States 1st Surgeon General: 1871-1879

John Maynard Woodworth

(R) - Illinois: 1855-1857 (also served as Mayor of Chicago)

James H. Woodworth

(R) - Ohio: 1873-1877 - also served as Senator

Laurin D. Woodworth

(D) - New York: 1845-1847

William W. Woodworth

(LC) - Kings: 1882-1887, son-in-law of Senator Ezra Churchill

Douglas B. Woodworth

- California: 1857

Frederick A. Woodworth

(R) - Vermont: 1880 (also served in the legislature)

Arthur W. Woodworth

- New York: 1792-1796 (also served as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and in the legislature)

Robert Woodworth

- Michigan: 1913-1916 (also served in the Michigan house of representatives)^[5]

Frederick L. Woodworth

Burrel Woodworth - Connecticut: 1833

Wilbur Fisk Woodworth (R) - Kansas: 1863-1864 (also served in Michigan as a Circuit Court Judge)

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- Wisconsin: 1895-1899

Dempster Woodworth

(R) - Michigan: 1877-1888^[5]

Thomas B. Woodworth

(R) - New Hampshire: 1893-1895 (also served as Mayor of Concord)

Albert Woodworth

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

(C) - Manitoba: 1883-1886, United Empire Loyalist

Joseph E. Woodworth

- New York: 1819-1828 (also served in State Legislature and Senate, and as State Attorney General)

John Woodworth

- Commander, U.S. Navy (also served in California Senate)

Selim E. Woodworth

- Captain, War of 1812 (also served as a Marshal, Sheriff, and Coroner for Wayne County, Michigan)^[5]

Benjamin Woodworth

Abner Woodworth - Captain, War of 1812 (later a general)

Gershom Woodworth - Captain, and American Revolution^[6]

French & Indian War

General George Vanwyck Pope, known as Van Pope - Brigadier General, , Chief of Staff to Gen. Omar Bradley during the founding of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during World War II; descendant of Chicago Mayor James H. Woodworth

U.S. Army

- Signed the Declaration of Sentiments^[7]

Stephen Elias Woodworth

U.S. Senator from Connecticut

Prescott Bush

U.S. President ^[8]

George H. W. Bush

U.S. President

George W. Bush

Florida Governor

Jeb Bush

New York Supreme Court Justice: 1897-1920