Alan Wood Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alan Wood Jr.

American politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1834

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1902

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Alan Wood Jr.

  • Alan Wood Jr.
  • (July 6, 1834 – October 31, 1902) was a Republican member of the U.S.
  • House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. The nephew of John Wood, who also served in Congress, Alan Wood Jr.
  • was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • He attended private schools and was employed in his father's mill at the Delaware Iron Works, near Wilmington, Delaware.
  • He moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania in 1857, and was engaged in iron manufacturing and banking. Wood was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress in 1874, and served from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877.
  • He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876.
  • He resumed his former business activities and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
  • He served as president of the Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co.
  • He died in 1902 in Philadelphia, where he was interred in The Woodlands Cemetery.

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