Walter A. Wood

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Walter Abbott Wood (born October 23, 1815 in Mason , New Hampshire , † January 15, 1892 in Hoosick Falls , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Abbott Wood was born in Mason about eight months after the end of the British-American War . The family moved to New York in 1816 and settled in Rensselaerville . There he attended community schools. In 1835 he moved to Hoosick Falls, where he worked as an inventor and manufacturer of harvesting machines, lawnmowers and lawnmowers. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1878 for the 46th Congress , Wood was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 17th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Martin I. Townsend on March 4, 1879 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1882 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1883 Congress of.

After his time in Congress, he returned to Hoosick Falls and resumed his previous business activities. He died there on January 15, 1892 and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery .

Web links

  • Walter A. Wood in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wood, Walter A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wood, Walter Abbott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Mason , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1892
Place of death Hoosick Falls , New York