O.C. Woolley

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Oswald C. Woolley
Mayor of Jeffersonville
In office
1861–1865
Preceded by John Shyer
Succeeded by John Ware
Personal details
Born 1808
New York City
Died February 16, 1895
Austin, Indiana
Political party Democratic
Relations Locofocos

Oswald C. Woolley (1808-February 16, 1895) [1] was a politician which is most notable for his tenure as the mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Jeffersonville, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky, along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Clark County.

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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]

Tammany Hall Political organization

Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society. It was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. It typically controlled Democratic Party nominations and political patronage in Manhattan from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 and used its patronage resources to build a loyal, well-rewarded core of district and precinct leaders; after 1850 the great majority were Irish Catholics.

Locofocos

The Locofocos were a faction of the United States Democratic Party that existed from 1835 until the mid-1840s.

Democratic Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

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O.C. Woolley died visiting his brother in Austin, Indiana in 1895 at the age of 87. [1]

Austin, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Austin is a city in Jennings Township, Scott County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 4,272 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town; Austin became a city on January 1, 2008. The population was 4,295 at the 2010 census.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 New York Times Obituary February 18, 1895
  2. ↑ Kleber, John E. Encyclopedia of Louisville. (University Press of Kentucky). pg.443.


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