Samuel Hughes Woodson (October 24, 1815 - June 23, 1881) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Missouri

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, son of Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827)

Samuel H. Woodson (Kentucky)

Samuel Hughes Woodson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Samuel Hughes Woodson.Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Woodson completed preparatory studies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Nicholasville, Kentucky...

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Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky

Nicholasville, Kentucky

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, Woodson attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Centre College

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, Danville, Kentucky

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, and the law department of Transylvania University

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, Lexington, Kentucky

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He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1838 and commenced the practice of law in Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri

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, in 1840.
He served as member of the Missouri House of Representatives

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 in 1853 and 1854.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1855.

Woodson was elected on the American Party ticket to the Thirty-fifth

35th United States Congress

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 and Thirty-sixth

36th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860.
He resumed the practice of his profession in Independence.
He became affiliated with the Democratic Party

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He was judge of the twenty-fourth judicial circuit of Missouri from March 1875 until his death in Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri

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, June 23, 1881.
He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.