Biography

01/08/1845 - 01/27/1911

WOODRUFF, Lucian Dallas, Sr., a Representative from Cambria County; born, January 8, 1845 in Landisburg, Perry County, Pa.; attended, New Bloomfield Academy; owner and editor, Johnstown Democrat (1865-1893); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1879 and 1881 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for 1883 term; elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1884); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1892); elected, school board, Johnstown; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Johnstown (1895-1899); elected, mayor, Johnstown (1899-1902); died, January 27, 1911 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; interred, Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.