William Robert Wood (January 5, 1861 – March 7, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a

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from

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from 1915 to 1933.

Biography

Born in Oxford, Indiana, Wood attended the public schools of Oxford. Then he went on to college and eventually graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1882. He was

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the same year and commenced practice in Lafayette in Tippecanoe County. He served as prosecuting attorney of Tippecanoe County 1890-1894.

Political career

Wood served as member of the

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1896-1914, and served as president pro tempore 1899-1907. He served as Republican floor leader of the state Senate for four sessions. Wood was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912,

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, 1920, and

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. He served as chairman of the Republican National Congressional Committee from 1920 to 1933. Wood was elected as a

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to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations ( Seventy-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.

Death

Wood died while on a visit in

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on March 7, 1933. He is interred in Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, William Robert 1861 births 1933 deaths Republican Party Indiana state senators People from Benton County, Indiana University of Michigan Law School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana