Ira W. Wood

Ira Wells Wood (born June 19, 1856 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , † October 5, 1931 in Trenton , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1904 and 1913 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Ira Wood studied at Princeton College until 1877 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1880, he began to work in Trenton in this profession. At the same time he struck a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1894 and 1896 he was a member of the Trenton Education Committee; from 1896 to 1900 he sat on the local city council. In 1899 and 1900 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In 1904, he served as State Representative from New Jersey at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition , the World's Fair in St. Louis . The following year he took part in an inter-parliamentary peace congress in Brussels as an American delegate .

After the resignation of Federal Judge William M. Lanning , Wood was elected as his successor to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he stood on November 8, at the by-election for the fourth seat of New Jersey In 1904 he took up his new mandate. After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1913 . In 1912 Wood declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He spent the rest of his life in Trenton, where he died on October 5, 1931.

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SURNAME	Wood, Ira W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wood, Ira Wells (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 1931
Place of death	Trenton , New Jersey