Aaron Woodruff
American politician
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Aaron Woodruff (1762-1817) portrait (high contrast).png |
| office | Attorney General of New Jersey |
| successor1 | Theodore Frelinghuysen |
| predecessor2 | Moore Furman |
| termend2 | 1797 |
| termstart2 | 1794 |
| death_date | |
| birth_date | September 12, 1762 |
| office2 | 2nd Mayor of Trenton |
| name | Aaron Woodruff |
| governor1 | William Sanford Pennington |
| Mahlon Dickerson | |
| predecessor1 | Andrew S. Hunter |
| order | 3rd and 5th |
| party | Federalist Party |
| termend1 | June 24, 1817 |
| termstart1 | 1812 |
| successor | Andrew S. Hunter |
| predecessor | Joseph Bloomfield |
| governor | William Paterson |
| Richard Howell | |
| Joseph Bloomfield | |
| termend | 1811 |
| termstart | 1792 |
| successor2 | James Ewing |
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| image = Aaron Woodruff (1762-1817) portrait (high contrast).png | office = Attorney General of New Jersey | successor1 = Theodore Frelinghuysen | predecessor2 = Moore Furman | termend2 = 1797 | termstart2 = 1794 | death_date = | birth_date = September 12, 1762 | office2 = 2nd Mayor of Trenton | name = Aaron Woodruff | governor1 = William Sanford Pennington Mahlon Dickerson | predecessor1 = Andrew S. Hunter | order = 3rd and 5th | party = Federalist Party | termend1 = June 24, 1817 | termstart1 = 1812 | successor = Andrew S. Hunter | predecessor = Joseph Bloomfield | governor = William Paterson Richard Howell Joseph Bloomfield | termend = 1811 | termstart = 1792 | successor2 = James Ewing
Aaron Dickinson Woodruff (September 12, 1762 – June 24, 1817) was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1792 to 1811 and from 1812 to 1817.
Biography
Woodruff was born in 1762 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the oldest child of Elias and Mary Joline Woodruff. In 1779 he graduated from Princeton College as the valedictorian for his class. After serving in the American Revolutionary War, he was admitted to the bar in 1784. He served in the Electoral College and won a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly from Hunterdon County. As a legislator he was influential in having Trenton selected as the state capital in 1790.
In 1793, he was appointed New Jersey Attorney General and served in the position until 1811, when he was replaced by Andrew S. Hunter.
Woodruff continued to serve until his death in 1817. He died at the home of his brother-in-law in Changewater (now Warren County, New Jersey).
References
References
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=6tcMAAAAYAAJ ''Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey''] (1907), pp. 425-6.
- [http://nj.gov/oag/oag/ag_1792-1810_woodruff_bio.htm Official bio], Office of the [[Attorney General of New Jersey]]. Accessed July 18, 2008.
- Woodruff, who was a [[Federalist Party (United States). Federalist]], was ousted by the [[Democratic-Republican Party
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