William Robert Wood (January 5, 1861 – March 7, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1933.

Biography

Born in

Oxford, Indiana Oxford is a town in Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. The population was 1,162 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Oxford was Benton County's first town. Commissioners appoi ...

, Wood attended the public schools of Oxford. Then he went on to college and eventually graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lafayette in Tippecanoe County. He served as prosecuting attorney of Tippecanoe County 1890-1894.

Political career

Wood served as member of the Indiana Senate 1896-1914, and served as president pro tempore 1899-1907. He served as Republican floor leader of the state Senate for four sessions. Wood was a delegate to the

Republican National Conventions The Republican National Convention (RNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1856 by the United States Republican Party. They are administered by the Republican National Committee. The goal of the Repu ...

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

. He served as chairman of the Republican National Congressional Committee from 1920 to 1933. Wood was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations ( Seventy-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.

Death

Wood died while on a visit in New York City on March 7, 1933. He is interred in Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, William Robert 1861 births 1933 deaths Republican Party Indiana state senators People from Benton County, Indiana University of Michigan Law School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana