Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Sessions
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-1898 | Representative | Republican | ||
| 1899-1900 | Representative | Republican | ||
| Counties | Philadelphia | |||
Biography
12/17/1868 - 07/24/1948
WOODRUFF, Clinton Rogers, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 17, 1868 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Central High School; Ph.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1889; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1892; lawyer; secretary, Union Committee; counsel, American Institute of Christian Sociology; secretary and treasurer, Municipal League of Philadelphia (1892-1897); counsel, Municipal League of Philadelphia (1897-1903); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a Special Election, February, 16, 1897 to serve the remaining 1897 term; reelected to the House for the 1899 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1901 term; special inspector, Indian Department, United States Department of the Interior (1904-1904), president, Philadelphia Registration Commission and Election Reform (1906-1920); trustee and director, Free Library of Pennsylvania; assistant city solicitor, Philadelphia (1920-1924); director of welfare, Philadelphia (1931-1936); vice president, Pennsylvania Teaching Home for the Blind; died, January 24, 1948 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers . "Municipal Government Now and a Hundred Years Ago.” Popular Science Monthly, November 1900.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. The Merit System in Municipalities. Boston: n.p., 1902.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. A President Who Seeks Practical Reforms: What Theodore Roosevelt Has Accomplished Along Administration Lines. n.p., 1902.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. A Review of the Situation and The Outlook Appears Promising. In Municipal Misrule. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1903.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. National Municipal League’s Work for Charter Reform. Philadelphia: National Municipal League, 1909.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. "Railroads and the Smoke Nuisance.” Popular Science Monthly, February 1909.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. The City: As It Is and Is To Be. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1910.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. Proceedings of the…Conference for Good City Government and the…annual meeting of the National Municipal League. Philadelphia: National Municipal League, 1894-1910, multiple volumes.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. City Government by Commission. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1912.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. Competition for the Expert Administrative Positions in City Government. Boston: n.p., 1912.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers . "American Municipal Problems and the European War.” Popular Science Monthly, April 1915.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, Introduction. Lower Living Costs in Cities: A Constructive Programme for Urban Efficiency, by Clyde Lyndon King. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1915.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers. The New Municipal Program. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1919.
Various publications and collections from the Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania including Henry Charles Lea Papers, ca. 1830-1935 and the Theodore Dreiser Papers, ca. 1890-1965.