David Woods (May 21, 1775 – September 15, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician who was Speaker of the New York State Assembly for two terms.
His family immigrated to the United States in 1786, and Woods lived in Salem, New York.
[2] Woods died at the home of his son in Cambria, New York on September 15, 1842.
His daughter Pamela was the wife of Samuel Nelson, who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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