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Egburt E. Woodbury

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Egburt E. Woodbury (1893)

Egburt E. Woodbury (March 29, 1861 – March 13, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

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He was born on March 29, 1861, in Cherry Creek, Chautauqua County, New York. He attended the common schools, and Chamberlain Institute in Randolph. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884, and practiced in Jamestown.

He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1886. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1891, 1892 (both Chautauqua Co., 2nd D.) and 1893 (Chautauqua Co.); Surrogate of Chautauqua County from 1901 to 1905; and a State Tax Commissioner from 1906 on.

He was New York Attorney General from 1915 to 1917, elected at the New York state election, 1914, and re-elected at the New York state election, 1916. He resigned on April 19, 1917, due to ill health, and was succeeded by his First Deputy Attorney General Merton E. Lewis.

He died on March 13, 1920, in Jamestown, New York.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Attorney General of New York
1914, 1916
Succeeded by
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Chautauqua County

1891–1893
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by New York State Attorney General
1915–1917
Succeeded by