Asa Woodward

Asa Burr Woodward
Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 12th District
In office
1871–1873[1][2][3]
Preceded byElbert A. Woodward
Succeeded byHuested W. R. Hoyt
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
In office
1867–1869[2][3]
Preceded byEbenezer Hill,
F. St. John Lockwood
Succeeded byAsa Smith,
Israel Bullock
20th Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut
In office
1872–1873[2][3]
Preceded bySamuel Lynes
Succeeded byAsa Smith
Personal details
Born(1830-03-31)March 31, 1830[3][4]
Watertown, Connecticut[3][4]
DiedJuly 26, 1921(1921-07-26) (aged 91)[2][3]
Norwalk, Connecticut[2][3]
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSarah Esther Hanford (m. June 8, 1859, d. June 24, 1882)
ChildrenMary Hanford Woodward Earle, Sarah Lucia Woodward Hoyt, Anna Burr Woodward Hoyt, Harriet Isabel Woodward Earle, Louise Woodward Brinckerhoff, George Lucius Woodward[3]
Residence(s)6 Elm Street,
Norwalk, Connecticut[2][5]
Alma materYale College (1853)[2][3][4]
Occupationlawyer and judge[3]

Asa Burr Woodward (March 31, 1830 – July 26, 1921) was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1871 to 1873, a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Norwalk from 1867 to 1869, and a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk in 1872.

He was born March 31, 1830, the son of Lucius and Lucia Burr Woodward.[3][4]

He graduated from Yale College in 1853.[3][4]

He worked in the law office of Orris S. Ferry.[3][4] He was admitted to the bar in 1857.[3][4]

He was a judge of probate for the Norwalk district beginning in 1878.[3][4][5]

He served as President of the Fairfield County Savings Bank, a director of the South Norwalk Trust Company, and President of the Fairfield County Bar Association.[2][3]

In 1902, he was a member of the Connecticut Constitutional Convention.[3]

References

  1. ^ Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h The Norwalk Hour - Judge Woodward Passes Away At 91
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Obituary Record of Yale Graduates
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut
  5. ^ a b The Norwalk Hour - Ten Years Ago
Preceded by Warden
of the Borough of
Norwalk, Connecticut
1872–1873 		Succeeded by
Connecticut State Senate
Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut Senate
from the 12th District
1871–1873 		Succeeded by
Connecticut House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
1867–1869
With: D. H. Webb,
George S. Bell 		Succeeded by