Bronze Portrait of Supreme Court Justice Woods
- Bronze
- May Elizabeth Cook
William Burnham Woods (Aug. 3, 1824 – May 14, 1887) was born in Newark, Ohio. Woods was elected mayor of Newark in 1856. He was later elected to the Ohio General Assembly and re-elected in 1859. In 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Woods to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Woods to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1880. In 1886, Woods was struck with an unspecified illness and later died in Washington.
- Subject Matter: Portrait
- Current Location: Floor 1 - Grand Concourse
- Collections: Bronze Portraits, Metalwork, Portraits