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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaFrank Plowman WOODS
(1868-1944)
WOODS, Frank Plowman, a
Representative from Iowa; born near Sharon, Walworth County, Wis.,
December 11, 1868; attended the public schools and the Northern
Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind.; moved to Estherville,
Emmett County, Iowa, in 1887 and worked in a newspaper office for
two years; engaged in the mortgage-loan business and private
banking; chairman of the Republican State central committee in 1906
and 1907; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the
four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1919);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918; chairman of the
Republican National Congressional Committee 1913-1918; resided in
Altadena, Calif., until his death there April 25, 1944; interment
in Mountain View Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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