Elbirt Almeron Woodward (March 24, 1836 – September 29, 1905)[2] was a major figure in the Boss Tweed corruption scandal in 1871.
At the Democratic State Convention a year after his term as senator, he received 89 votes for the party's nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.
Although he was most commonly referred to as "Elbert A. Woodward," his true given name was spelled "Elbirt" as proven by examples of his actual handwritten signature.
Elbirt A. Woodward married Mary Currier Hanford, the daughter of a business partner—on April 21, 1881, in South Norwalk.
In his capacity as assistant clerk, he would inflate the amount of bills to the city, and distribute the money to the bank accounts of his accomplices.