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Line 1: {{Short description\|American judge}} [[File:David Meade Woodson.jpg\|thumb\|David M. Woodson]] '''David Meade Woodson''' (May 18, 1806 – August 26, 1877) was an American jurist and legislator. ==Biography== Born in [[Jessamine County, Kentucky]], Woodson received his bachelor's degree from [[Transylvania University]]. He served in the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] in 1832 as a [[Whig Party (United States)\|Whig]]. In 1834, Woodson moved to [[Greene County, Illinois]] and served as state's attorney for ~~Green~~Greene County. From 1840 to 1842 and from 1869 to 1870, Woodson served in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] as a Whig and later as a [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]]. He served in the 1847 Illinois Constitutional Convention. Then, in 1848, Woodson served on the [[Illinois Supreme Court]] for one month. From 1848 to 1867, Woodson served as an [[Illinois circuit courts\|Illinois Circuit Court]] judge. He then practiced law in [[~~Carrolton~~Carrollton, Illinois]], Woodson died in Carrollton, Illinois.<ref>[http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_Woodson.asp Illinois Supreme Court-David W. Woodson]</ref><ref>'Biographies 1905 Past and Present of Greene County, Illinois, J. C. Clarke Publishing Company: Chicago, Illinois, Biographical Sketch of David Meade Woodson, pgp. 338</ref> ==Notes== Line 8 ⟶ 11: ==External links== *{{Find a Grave\|52081743\|David M. Woodson}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodson, David M.}} [[Category:1806 births]] [[Category:1877 deaths]] [[Category:People from ~~Greene County~~Carrollton, Illinois]] [[Category:People from Jessamine County, Kentucky]] [[Category:Transylvania University alumni]] [[Category:Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court ~~justices~~]] [[Category:Illinois state court judges]] [[Category:Illinois Democrats]] [[Category:Illinois Whigs]] [[Category:19th-century American legislators]] [[Category:Kentucky Whigs]] [[Category:Members of the Illinois House of Representatives]] [[Category:Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives]] [[Category:19th-century American judges]] [[Category:19th-century Illinois politicians]] {{Illinois-~~politician~~Ilrepresentative-stub}} {{Kentucky-politician-stub}}