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
Clarkstown is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States. The town is on the eastern border of the county, located north of the town of Orangetown, east of the town of Ramapo, south of the town of Haverstraw, and west of the Hudson Ri ...
, Wood was its first
town clerk
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, 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
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.
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
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delegate to the
state constitutional convention in 1846.
Death
Wood died in
New City, New York
New City is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States, part of the New York Metropolitan Area. A suburb of New York City, the hamlet is located north of the city at its closest p ...
on May 20, 1874, and was interred in Old Wood Burying Ground.
References
External links
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1870 U.S. Census o
Household of John J. Wood, Rockland County, New Yorkfrom
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1784 births
1874 deaths
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
People from Clarkstown, New York
People from New City, New York
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives