Timothy L. Woodruff
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, New Haven County, Connecticut
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- October 12, 1913) was an American
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politician
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Life
The son of U.S. Representative John WoodruffJohn Woodruff (representative)
John Woodruff was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, Woodruff received a limited schooling.He moved to Catskill, New York, in 1835....
, he graduated from Yale University
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in 1879, where he was a member of Skull and Bones
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. In 1881, he removed to 25, Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn
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and entered politics as a Republican
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, eventually becoming the head of the party's organization in Kings County, New York, and later Chairman of the New York State Republican Committee.
In January 1896, he was appointed Brooklyn Park Commissioner. In 1896, Woodruff petitioned to the New York State Board of Regents to create a "coeducational college" in Brooklyn.
He was Lieutenant Governor of New York
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from 1897 to 1902, elected in 1896, 1898 and 1900, the only lieutenant governor to serve under three different governors in New York history: Frank S. Black
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, Theodore Roosevelt
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and Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. As Lieutenant Governor, Woodruff took a leadership role in the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks (founded in 1901) to help implement Article XIV, Sec 1 of the New York State Constitution, protecting New York’s prized natural land. Commonly known as the “forever wild clause,” the law sought to protect the forest from the devastation of clear cutting and large scale damming projects. The group included wealthy men like J.P. Morgan (1837-1913), who owned many of the private estates or game parks in the Adirondacks which they sought to protect.
From 1896 to 1908, he served as the First President of the Adelphi College
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Board of Trustees. In 1908 Timothy L. Woodruff stepped down from the position but was an active member until 1913.
Personal life
Before becoming Lieutenant Governor, Woodruff bought a hunting cabin on Sumner Lake in the Adirondacks and re-named the lake after his wife, Cora. Over time the evolution of the name became Lake Kora. After purchasing the area, Woodruff decided to develop a camp around the area, and name it Kamp Kill Kare where he was an active fisher. The current location of the area is in Hamilton County town of Long Lake, New York.Woodruff also built a "Dutch Colonial" home in Garden City, New York
Garden City, New York
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on Stewart Avenue.