Harry Woods (1863 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in
Canada
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, Woods emigrated to the
United States
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in 1877 and settled in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. Woods was a messenger and then, in 1890, worked in the
grain trade
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business. From 1913 until his death in 1914, Woods served as
Illinois Secretary of State
The Secretary of State of Illinois is one of the six elected executive state offices of the government of Illinois, and one of the 47 secretaries of states in the United States. The Illinois Secretary of State keeps the state records, laws, libr ...
and was a
Democrat
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Politics
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.
In 1914, he unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Woods killed himself in his garage, at his home, with a shotgun.
['Harry Woods A Suicide, Coroner's Jury Verdict,' Milwaukee Sentinel, October 14, 1914]
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1863 births
1914 deaths
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Businesspeople from Chicago
Politicians from Chicago
Illinois Democrats
Secretaries of State of Illinois
American politicians who committed suicide
Suicides by firearm in Illinois
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople
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