Daniel Phelps Wood (November 5, 1819 in Pompey,

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– May 1, 1891 in

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, Onondaga Co., NY) was an American lawyer and senator from

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. He became Major General of the 6th Division of the National Guard.

Life

He was the son of Daniel Wood (died 1838) and Sophia (Sims) Wood. He attended Pompey Hill Academy and graduated from Hamilton College in 1843. Then he studied law with Victory Birdseye, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Syracuse in 1846. On August 14, 1848, he married Lora Celeste Smith (1823–1891), and they had six children. He was for three years City Attorney of Syracuse. He was a Whig member of the

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(Onondaga Co., 3rd D.) in

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. In 1853, he was one of the Managers (prosecutors) at the impeachment trial of Canal Commissioner

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. Afterwards, he spent some time in South Carolina to improve his health. He was a Republican member of the State Assembly in

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(both Onondaga Co., 2nd D.), and

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(Onondaga Co., 1st D.). He was a member of the

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(22nd D.) from 1872 to 1875, sitting in the

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, 96th, 97th and 98th New York State Legislatures. In 1874, he was appointed as Major General of the 6th Division of the National Guard. He also engaged in the manufacture of salt, and in banking; and was a Director of the Syracuse and Geddes Railway and the Genesee and Water Street Railroad. He died on May 1, 1891, in

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; and was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery there.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 476, 478, 503, 505 and 507)
''Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York in 1867''
by S. R. Harlow & H. H. Boone (1867; pg. 398ff)
''OBITUARY NOTES; Gen. Daniel P. Wood died yesterday...''
in NYT on May 2, 1891

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Daniel P 1819 births 1891 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators Lawyers from Syracuse, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century American railroad executives 19th-century American legislators Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York) Politicians from Syracuse, New York 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century New York (state) politicians