Preceded by John Shyer Name O.C. Woolley Succeeded by John Ware Role Politician | Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party Relations Locofocos | |
Died February 16, 1895, Austin, Indiana, United States | ||
Oswald C. Woolley (1808-February 16, 1895) was a politician which is most notable for his tenure as the mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Biography
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. 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.
O.C. Woolley died visiting his brother in Austin, Indiana in 1895 at the age of 87.
References
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