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John J. Wood

American politician

Field	Value
name	John Jacob Wood
image
birth_date
birth_place	Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York
death_date
death_place	New City, Rockland County, New York
title	U.S. Representative from New York's 2nd District
term	20th United States Congress (1827–1829)
predecessor	Joshua Sands
successor	Jacob Crocheron
party	Jacksonian Democrat

John Jacob Wood (February 16, 1784 – May 20, 1874) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1829 to 1831.

Biography

Born in Clarkstown, New York, Wood was its first town clerk, serving from 1809 to 1812. He served as inspector of schools in 1815, 1823 from 1829 to 1831, and from 1835 to 1836.

Wood was a slave owner.

Congress

Wood was elected to the 20th Congress (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829) as a Jacksonian. He returned to Rockland County after one term, where he served again as inspector of schools 1829-1831 and 1835 to 1837. He was Surrogate of Rockland County in 1837.

He served as Rockland County delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1846.

Death

Wood died in New City, New York on May 20, 1874, and was interred in Old Wood Burying Ground.

References

{{CongBio. W000697. (2013-12-18)
(1902). "Historical record to the close of the nineteenth century of Rockland County, New York". Van Deusen & Joyce.
"More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.". Washington Post.
(1902). "Historical record to the close of the nineteenth century of Rockland County, New York". Van Deusen & Joyce.
(1889). "The Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York". Weed, Parsons & Company.

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