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Woodbury, Levi (1789–1851)| US cabinet member and Supreme Court justice. Born in Francestown, New Hampshire, he served as a New Hampshire Superior Court judge (1817–23), as governor (1823–24), and in the US Senate for New Hampshire (1825–31, 1841–45). He served presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren as secretary of the navy (1831–34) and secretary of the treasury (1834–41). President James Polk nominated him to the US Supreme Court (1845–51). |
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