Carleton T. Woodring was an American politician who represented the Lehigh Valley in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district as a Democrat from 1943 until 1948 when he resigned to run for Northampton County Judge, an office he would hold for 33 years from 1948 to 1981.
He worked for a number of years as a traveling salesman for his father's hat company before being admitted to the Northampton Bar.
He decided to not seek a third term and instead run for President Judge of the Northampton County Court.
[2] Woodring was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Easton, but was a Lutheran, serving on the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Ministerium.
[2] He was a trustee of Muhlenberg College, director of Family Services Inc., was a member of The Salvation Army, and the president of the Easton Exchange Club.