Show STEWART L WOODFORD 1 I 1 I 1 1 A I 1 N I 1 Z I 1 11 1 I 1 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 17 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 11 I 1 TO 11 ak 1 I 1 I 1 V 1 I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 T I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 p I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 f I 1 0 1 sj N it 1 k N 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 A k I 1 I 1 Q N I 1 T 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 N 1 I 1 1 IT I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 II I 1 1 I finkill I 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 t I 1 1 I I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 11 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 stewart lyndon woodford was born barn in new york city september 3 1835 he studied at yale and columbian universities and in 1857 began beg an the practice of law in his native city in 1860 he was chosen messenger of the electoral college ot of his state to convey to washington its vote in favor of the presidency of abraham lincoln Lir coln in he was appointed assistant united states district attorney for the district of new nev york holding the position tor for eighteen months when he entered the U ilon army as a volunteer t C r he served until 1865 becoming 1 in succession chief of staff of gen quincy A gillmore in the department of the south and military commander of charleston and savannah and attained by brevet the rank of brigadier general of volunteers from 1866 to 1568 he be was lieutenant governor of nw new york as a republican he was defeated as a candidate for governor in 1870 JS go in 1872 he was elected to congress and was also presidential elector from 1877 until 1883 he filled the office of united states attorney for the southern district of new york since leaving that office he has been engaged in the practice ot of law in which he has become rich mr woodford is an old friend of senator platt and the two have been on intimate terms since they were colleagues in congress a score scare of years ago the incident in the early eighties when mr woodford refused to support tor for governor judge folger late secretary of the treasury saying he would not support a republican nominated on a forged telegram put him at odds with the republicans of the state tor for some years but he finally went back into the fold senator platt vigorously urged him for a cabinet position trying to have him made secretary of the interior |