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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaAlan WOOD, Jr.
(1834-1902)
WOOD, Alan, Jr., (nephew
of John Wood), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., July 6, 1834; attended private schools; employed
in his father’s mill at Delaware Iron Works, near Wilmington,
Del.; moved to Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1857;
engaged in iron manufacturing and banking; elected as a Republican
to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed his former business
activities and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; president of
the Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co.; died in Philadelphia, Pa.,
October 31, 1902; interment in Woodland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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