Harry Woods (1863 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and businessman. Born in

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, Woods emigrated to the

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in 1877 and settled in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

. Woods was a messenger and then, in 1890, worked in the

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business. From 1913 until his death in 1914, Woods served as

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and was a

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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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