O.C. Woolley
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| O.C. Woolley | |
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Mayor of Jeffersonville
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| In office 1861 – 1865 |
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| Preceded by | John Shyer |
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| Succeeded by | John Ware |
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| Born | 1808 New York City |
| Died | February 16, 1895 Austin, Indiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relations | Locofocos |
O.C. Woolley (1808-February 16, 1895)[1] was a politician which is most notible for his tenure as the mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana.
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Mr. Woolley was born in New York City in 1808 and he would live for the majority of his early life until 1841. While in New York he was a member of Tammany Hall from 1829 until his departure and participated with the Locofocos branch of the Democratic Party.[1] He left New York upon the demise of the locofocos. He came to Jeffersonville in 1841 with his brother Robert Woolley. In 1861 he was elected as mayor of Jeffersonville and served until 1865.[2]
O.C. Woolley died visiting his brother in Austin, Indiana in 1895 at the age of 87.[1]
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