John Wood (September 6, 1816 – May 28, 1898) was a
Republican member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
John Wood (uncle of
Alan Wood, Jr.) was born in
Philadelphia
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. He attended the Friends Society schools of Philadelphia, and was employed by his father in the manufacture of tools and agricultural machinery from 1832 to 1840. He was engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel near
Wilmington, Delaware
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, from 1841 to 1844. He moved to
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Conshohocken ( ; ) is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry in ...
, in 1844 and engaged in the milling of iron and steel. He was first burgess of Conshohocken.
Wood was elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1860
Events
January
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. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died in
Conshohocken
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in 1898. He was interred in
Montgomery Cemetery in
West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania
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The population of the township ...
, near
Norristown, Pennsylvania
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.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1816 births
1898 deaths
Politicians from Philadelphia
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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