Jeremiah Wood (September 27, 1876 – January 16, 1962) was an American lawyer and

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. He was the

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from 1921 to 1922.

Life

He was admitted to the bar in 1900, and practiced in

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. He was a member of the

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(Nassau Co.) in

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; and an alternate delegate to the

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. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1921 to 1922, elected on the Republican ticket with Governor

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at the New York state election, 1920. On September 26, 1922, Wood resigned and was appointed a judge of the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William D. Cunningham. In 1925, he ran for the

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but was defeated. He was Chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee from 1927 to 1929. He resided in

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, a community he created when the Village of Malverne became an incorporated village in 1921. Wood did not want to live in a village for fear of higher taxes. To avoid this, he changed the borders of the new village so that his home would not be included. He died in 1962 in Hempstead,

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Political Graveyard {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Jeremiah 1876 births 1962 deaths Lieutenant governors of New York (state) Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly New York state court judges People from Hempstead (village), New York 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature