David Woodcock
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David Woodcock (1785 - September 18, 1835) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Woodcock attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Ithaca, Seneca (now Tompkins) County, New York. Commissioned postmaster of Ithaca November 19, 1808. He was appointed master of the court of chancery in 1808. He served as member of the State assembly in 1814 and 1815. He was appointed district attorney of Tompkins County in April 1817. Surrogate and assistant attorney general of the State in 1817. He served as president of the Cayuga Steamboat Co. in 1819.
Woodcock was elected to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823). He served as president and trustee of the village of Ithaca in 1823, 1824, and 1826. He resumed the practice of law. He was again a member of the State assembly in 1826. Took a prominent part in the Anti-Masonic Crusade and State Convention at Utica, New York, in 1827.
Woodcock was elected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Ithaca, New York, September 18, 1835. He was interred in the City Cemetery.
