William W. Woodworth
Seal of the U.S. House of Representatives
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 8th District of New York
In office 1845–1847
Personal details
Born	March 16, 1807
Died	February 13, 1873
Political party	Democrat
Occupation	banker

William W. Woodworth (March 16, 1807 - February 13, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from New York, Captain in the American Civil War, and member of the Woodworth political family.

Life
Born in New London, Connecticut in 1807 to William Woodworth, William moved to Hyde Park, New York in 1834. He received a limited schooling.[1]

Public Service
Woodworth was the Supervisor of Hyde Park in 1838, 1841, 1843, and 1849,[1] appointed judge of Dutchess County in 1838 and reappointed in 1843, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress, losing toRichard D. Davis.

Woodworth was finally elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847), representing New York's 8th district, although he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1846.

Woodworth was elected president of Yonkers in 1857 and 1858, and was elected receiver of taxes in 1870.

Business interests
Woodworth held interests in Cuba and formed the stock company of the Hudson River State Co. at Clinton, New York. His businesses were contracted for building a section of the Hudson River Railroad.

He moved to Yonkers, New York, December 1, 1849, and engaged in the real estate business and banking.[1] As administrator of his father's estate, he continued the patent litigation and congressional lobbying on behalf of his father; the patent rights generated $15 million annually in royalties until their expiration in 1856.[2][3][4]

Riverdale
In 1852, Woodworth speculated on real estate north of New York City near the Hudson River Railroad Line with his business partners Henry Atherton, Samuel Babcock, and Charles Foster. They bought a 100-acre (0.40 km2) tract on Independence Avenue where Woodworth would construct an Italianate-style villa. His partners and himself laid out plans for a community of villas and country lanes, and named their development Riverdale. The initial investments for their personal property resulted in further homes being constructed by others, including villas that became known as "The Park-Riverdale", as well as the construction of Stonehurst Mansion for the Colgates. Other eventual, notable residents included Henry F. Spaulding, William Appleton, William Duke, Laura Harriman, Percy R. Pyne, and Moses Taylor Pyne.[5][6][7]

Civil War
Woodworth would serve as a Captain of the 64th Infantry New York Infantry, Company D, in the American Civil War.[8]

Death
He died in Yonkers, New York, February 13, 1873 and was interred in Oakland Cemetery.