Harry Woods | |
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22nd Secretary of State of Illinois | |
In office January 1913 – October 12, 1914 | |
Preceded by | Cornelius J. Doyle |
Succeeded by | Lewis Stevenson |
Personal details | |
Born | Harry Woods 1863 Canada |
Died | October 14, 1914 Chicago, Illinois |
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Investor |
Harry Woods (1863 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in Canada, Woods emigrated to the United States in 1877 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Woods was a messenger and then, in 1890, worked in the grain trade business. From 1913 until his death in 1914, Woods served as Illinois Secretary of State and was a Democrat. In 1914, he unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Woods killed himself in his garage, at his home, with a shotgun.[2][3]
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