Bristol School
New Haven Common Council, 1848, served several terms; mem. Conn. Gen. Assembly, 1852; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Am. Party rep.) from Conn., 34th, 36th congresses, 1855-57, 59-61; collector of internal revenue for 2d Dist. Conn., 1862-68
Woodruff was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress