Caleb Smith Woodhull
{{Short description|American politician (1792–1866)}}
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|order = 70th Mayor of New York City
|term_start = 1849
|term_end = 1851
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|predecessor = William F. Havemeyer
|successor = Ambrose Kingsland
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|birth_date=February 26, 1792
|birth_place=Miller Place, New York
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|death_place=Miller Place, New York
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Caleb Smith Woodhull (February 26, 1792 – July 16, 1866) was the 70th Mayor of New York City from 1849 to 1851.
Biography
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Smith Woodhull was born in Miller Place, New York on February 26, 1792.Mary Gould Woodhull, Francis Bowes Stevens, [https://books.google.com/books?id=uQpgAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Caleb+Smith+Woodhull%22+born+1792&pg=PA87 Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America], 1904, pages 324 to 325 He graduated from Yale University in 1811, studied law, and became an attorney in 1817.Yale University, [https://books.google.com/books?id=N0gFAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Caleb+Smith+Woodhull%22+born+1792&pg=PA196 Obituary Record of Graduates], 1870, page 196
Woodhull interrupted his studies to serve with the New York Militia in the War of 1812. He remained active in the militia until resigning his commission in 1830.New York State Legislature, [https://books.google.com/books?id=crsaAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Caleb+Smith+Woodhull%22+born+1792&pg=PA389 New York Legislative Documents], Volume 34, 1919, pages 389 to 390
A Whig, Woodhull was elected in 1836 to New York City's Common Council, and he became a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1839. In 1843 he became President of the Board of Aldermen.Franklin Bowditch Dexter, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sBBVxPZG07oC&dq=%22Woodhull+Caleb+S%22&pg=PA844 Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College], 1912, pages 506 to 507
He was elected Mayor of New York in 1849 and served one term (the last one year term before mayoral terms were extended to two years, then, in 1905, to four years).Valentine's Manual, Inc., [https://books.google.com/books?id=ydw3AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Caleb+S.+Woodhull%22+mayor+1849+1851&pg=PA353 Valentine's Manual of Old New York], Volume 3, 1919, page 353
After leaving the mayor's office Woodhull retired to Miller Place, where he died on July 16, 1866.Ralph J. Caliendo, [https://books.google.com/books?id=n6Ku20Sh5vwC&dq=%22Caleb+S+Woodhull%22+1866&pg=PA279 New York City Mayors], Part 1, 2010, pages 279 to 283
References
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External links
- [http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/caleb-smith-woodhull-1792-1866 Caleb Smith Woodhull portrait and notes], New-York Historical Society
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Category:People from Miller Place, New York
Category:Politicians from Manhattan
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:People from New York (state) in the War of 1812
Category:New York (state) lawyers
Category:New York (state) Whigs
Category:19th-century mayors of places in New York (state)