WOODWARD, Samuel, physician, born in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1750; died in Torringford, Connecticut, 6 January, 1835. By economy and industry he succeeded in obtaining sufficient means to enter Yale when he was twenty-six years old, but the class of which he was a member was dispersed by the Revolution, and he was not graduated. He then adopted the profession of medicine, and began practice in Torringford, Connecticut, where he remained for the greater part of his life. He served in the legislature for several terms, during the last of which he was called the "father of the house," and was chosen its speaker. He was the first in that body to advocate openly Democratic principles after the Revolution, and was the unsuccessful candidate of that party for congress. He established a successful practice, prepared a large number of students for the medical profession, and was active in temperance and other reforms.--His son, Samuel Bayard, physician, born in Torringford, Connecticut, 10 June, 1787; died in Northampton, Massachusetts, 3 January, 1850, adopted the profession of medicine, and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he became physician to the state prison, and was for several years a member of the state senate. He was a founder of the Retreat for the insane at Hartford, Connecticut, and in 1832-'46 was superintendent of the Massachusetts state lunatic asylum at Worcester. He then removed to Northampton, Massachusetts, where he practised until his death. Dr. Woodward was a projector of the Massachusetts school for idiotic youth and of an asylum for inebriates. He published essays on diseases of the mind and nerves, and contributed to medical journals.