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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaThomas Jefferson WOOD
(1844-1908)
WOOD, Thomas Jefferson, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Athens County, Ohio, September
30, 1844; moved with his parents to Vigo County, Ind., in 1853;
attended the common schools; taught school two years; studied law
in Terre Haute, Ind., and was graduated from the law department of
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1867; moved to Crown
Point, Lake County, Ind., in November 1867 and practiced law;
corporation treasurer 1870-1872; prosecuting attorney of Lake
County 1872-1876; member of the State senate 1878-1882; elected as
a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3,
1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; resumed the practice
of law; died in Crown Point, Ind., October 13, 1908; interment in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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