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Gordon Woodbury (1863–1924) was the United StatesAssistant Secretary of the Navy from 1920 to 1921.
Woodbury was born inNew York City on September 17, 1863, and raised inBedford, New Hampshire.[1] He was educated atHarvard University and then returned toNew Hampshire to pursue a career inpolitics. At one point, he was editor of theManchester Union, the leadingDemocratic paper in New Hampshire. He was repeatedly elected to theNew Hampshire General Court, but failed in his 1916 bid to become the member of theUnited States House of Representatives forNew Hampshire's 1st congressional district, losing toRepublicanCyrus A. Sulloway.
In 1920,Franklin D. Roosevelt resigned asAssistant Secretary of the Navy in order to run forVice President in the1920 presidential election.President of the United StatesWoodrow Wilson named Woodbury as Roosevelt's successor and he subsequently served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from August 27, 1920, until March 9, 1921.
Woodbury remained inWashington, D. C. after stepping down as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, living at theWardman Park Hotel.
In 1922, Woodbury planned to sail to theMediterranean and theSouth Seas in his yacht, theHalf Moon, but was caught in ahurricane and swept into the ocean, although all but one person survived.[2]
Woodbury died in Manchester, New Hampshire on June 17, 1924.[3]
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