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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Woodson R. Oglesby |
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Yonkers, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 09, 1867
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| Died | April 30, 1955
(88 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | OGLESBY, Woodson Ratcliffe, (cousin of Richard James Oglesby), a Representative from New York; born near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky., February 9, 1867; attended the public schools, Kentucky Wesleyan College (then at Millersburg), and the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in New York City; served during the Spanish- American War as a private in Company C, Seventy-first Regiment, New York National Guard; member of the State assembly in 1906; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in New York City until his retirement in 1928 and resided in Yonkers, N.Y., and Quincy, Fla.; died in Quincy, Fla., April 30, 1955; interment in Eastern Cemetery, Quitman, Ga.
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