Roy O. Woodruff | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Gilbert A. Currie |
| Succeeded by | Elford Cederberg |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | George A. Loud |
| Succeeded by | George A. Loud |
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| Born | (1876-03-14)March 14, 1876 |
| Died | February 12, 1953(1953-02-12) (aged 76) Washington, D.C., US |
Roy Orchard Woodruff (March 14, 1876 – February 12, 1953) was a politician and soldier from theU.S. state ofMichigan.
Woodruff was born ofEnglish andScottish ancestry to Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff inEaton Rapids, Michigan. He attended thecommon schools and the high school of Eaton Rapids, and apprenticed to the printing business from 1891 to 1899. He enlisted as a corporal in Company G, Thirty-third Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, during theSpanish–American War. He saw active service and was mustered out.
Woodruff graduated from the dental department of theDetroit College of Medicine in 1902 and practiced dentistry inBay City from 1902 to 1911. On 26 April 1905 he married Vera May Hall, the daughter ofMichigan Republican State Central Committee member De Vere Hall. He was mayor of Bay City from 1911 to 1913.
In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbentRepublicanU.S. RepresentativeGeorge A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of theProgressive Party fromMichigan's 10th congressional district to the63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915. Woodruff andWilliam J. MacDonald (12th district) were the only two Michiganders elected to the U.S. House from the Progressive Party. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1914 and served for two years in theFirst World War as an Infantry officer, acquiring the rank ofmajor during his service inFrance.
In 1920, Woodruff returned to Congress, elected as aRepublican from the same district to the67th Congress. He was subsequently re-elected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921, to January 3, 1953. On June 11, 1921, just three months after returning to office, he married his second wife Daisy E. Fish. He was re-elected unopposed in 1922 and 1926 and was alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan in 1940. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1952 to the 83rd Congress.
Roy O. Woodruff was aBaptist, laterPresbyterian and a member of theAmerican Dental Association,American Legion,United Spanish War Veterans,Freemasons,Elks, andOdd Fellows. He died inWashington, D.C., a little over a month after leaving office and a month before his seventy-seventh birthday. He is interred in Elm Lawn Cemetery of Bay City.
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| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 10th Congressional District of Michigan 1913–1915 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 10th Congressional District of Michigan 1921–1953 | Succeeded by |
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