Silas Wood | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Tredwell Scudder |
| Succeeded by | James Lent |
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| Born | (1769-09-14)September 14, 1769 |
| Died | March 2, 1847(1847-03-02) (aged 77) Huntington, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Federalist Adams-Clay Federalist Adams |
Silas Wood (September 14, 1769 – March 2, 1847) was aU.S. representative fromNew York.
Born inWest Hills onLong Island in theProvince of New York, Wood pursued classical studies. He graduated fromPrinceton College in 1789 and was a teacher at that institution during the five succeeding years. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice inHuntington, New York. He ran for Congress in 1799[1] and 1800[2] in New York's 1st congressional district, which he would eventually be elected to. He was appointed district attorney of Suffolk County in 1818 and 1821.
Wood was elected to theSixteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1829). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Seventeenth andEighteenth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to theTwenty-first Congress. He died in Huntington, New York, March 2, 1847. He was interred in the Old Public Cemetery on Main Street. Silas Wood Sixth Grade Center of South Huntington School District is named after Wood.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 1st congressional district 1819–1829 withJames Guyon, Jr. 1820–21 andCadwallader D. Colden 1821–23 | Succeeded by |
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