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LEVI WOODBURY
was born on December 22, 1789, in Francestown, New Hampshire.
He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809, read
law, and attended Tapping Reeve Law School. He was admitted
to the bar in 1812 and practiced law in Francestown and
nearby Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1816, Woodbury was
appointed Clerk of the State Senate, and after one year
he was placed on the New Hampshire Superior Court, where
he served until 1823, when he was elected Governor of
New Hampshire. In 1825, Woodbury was elected to the New
Hampshire House of Representatives and became Speaker.
Later the same year the State Legislature elected him
to the United States Senate, where he served until 1831.
President Andrew Jackson appointed Woodbury Secretary
of the Navy in 1831. Three years later, the President
appointed him Secretary of the Treasury, him which he
served until 1841 when he was again elected to the United
States Senate. President James K. Polk nominated Woodbury
to the Supreme Court of the United States on December
23, 1845. The Senate confirmed the appointment on January
3, 1846, making him the first Associate Justice to have
attended a law school. Woodbury served on the Supreme
Court for five years and died on September 4, 1851, at
the age of sixty-one. |
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