What is John Maynard Woodworth?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name = John Maynard Woodworth | image = John Maynard Woodworth by Hermann Günther, 1865.jpg | imagesize = | order = 1st | title = [[Surgeon General of the United States]] | term_start = 29 March 1871 | term_end = 14 March 1879 | predecessor = ''Position created'' | successor = [[John B. Hamilton]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|08|15}} | birth_place = [[Big Flats (town), New York|Big Flats, New York]], [[United States|USA]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1879|3|14|1837|8|15}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] }} '''John Maynard Woodworth''' (August 15, 1837 – March 14, 1879) was an [[Americans|American]] [[physician]]. He served as the first Supervising-[[Surgeon General of the United States]] under U.S. president [[Ulysses S. Grant]] from 1871 to 1879.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 January 2007|title=Office of the Surgeon General: John Maynard Woodworth (1871-1879)|url=http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/biowoodworth.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916014416/http://surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/biowoodworth.htm|archive-date=2008-09-16|publisher=U.S. Department of Health and Human Services|accessdate=2008-01-17}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodworth, John Maynard}} [[Category:1837 births]] [[Category:1879 deaths]] [[Category:Surgeon Generals of the United States]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Politicians from New York (state)]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{USSurgeonsGeneral}}