Egburt E. Woodbury

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Egburt E Woodbury (ca. 1862 - March 13, 1920 Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

[edit] Life

He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1886. He was a member from Chautauqua County of the New York State Assembly from 1891 to 1893, Surrogate of Chautauqua County from 1901 to 1905, and a State Tax Commissioner from 1906 .

He was New York State Attorney General from 1915 to 1917. He resigned on April 19, 1917, due to ill health, and was succeeeded by his First Deputy Attorney General Merton E. Lewis.


[edit] Sources

  • [1] Political Graveyard
  • [2] New Political Graveyard
  • [3] List of New York Attorneys General, at Office of the NYSAG
  • [4] History of Jamestown
  • [5] His appointment as tax commissioner, in NYT on January 2, 1906
  • [6] His appointments for deputies, in NYT on December 19, 1914
  • [7] His resignation, in NYT on April 20, 1917
  • [8] Merton Lewis declined renomination, in NYT on May 7, 1918
  • [9] Obit notice in NYT on March 14, 1920 (giving first name as Egbert)

[edit] External links

  • [10] Portrait photo
Preceded by
James A. Parsons		 New York State Attorney General
1915 – 1917		 Succeeded by
Merton E. Lewis
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