William Robert Wood

William Robert Wood (born January 5, 1861 in Oxford , Benton County , Indiana , † March 7, 1933 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1933 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Wood attended the public schools in his homeland. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission as a lawyer in 1882, he began to work in Lafayette in this profession. Between 1890 and 1894 he was a district attorney in the local Tippecanoe County . Politically, Wood joined the Republican Party . Between 1896 and 1914 he was a member of the Indiana Senate , of which he was president from 1899 to 1907. He also temporarily headed the Republican faction. In 1912, 1916, 1920 and 1924 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions .

In the 1914 congressional election , Wood was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Democrat John B. Peterson on March 4, 1915 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time, the First World War and the Great Depression fell . In 1919, 1920 and 1933 the 18th , 19th and 20th amendments were ratified. Between 1920 and 1933 Wood chaired the Republican National Congressional Committee . From 1929 to 1931 he was chairman of the budget committee.

In the 1932 election, William Wood was defeated by the Democrat Finly H. Gray . He died on March 7, 1933, just four days after his last term in Congress, while visiting New York.

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SURNAME	Wood, William Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oxford , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1933
Place of death	New York City