John Wood (September 6, 1816 – May 28, 1898) was a
Republican member of the
U.S. House of Representatives 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
Wilmington (Unami language, Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish colonization of the Americas, Swedish settlement in North ...
, from 1841 to 1844. He moved to
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Conshohocken ( ; Lenape: ''Kanshihàkink'') is a 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 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–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts ...
. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died in
Conshohocken in 1898. He was interred in
Montgomery Cemetery in
West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Located along the Schuylkill River, approximately from the Philadelphia city li ...
.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1816 births
1898 deaths
Politicians from Philadelphia
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Burials in Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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