Samuel D. Woods
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Samuel D. Woods | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district | |
In office December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1903 | |
Preceded by | Marion De Vries |
Succeeded by | Theodore Arlington Bell |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Davis Woods September 19, 1845 Mount Pleasant, Tennessee |
Died | December 24, 1915 San Francisco, California | (aged 70)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | lawyer, politician |
Samuel Davis Woods (September 19, 1845 – December 24, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1900 to 1903, as a member of the Republican Party.
Biography
[edit]Born in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, Woods moved with his parents to Stockton, California, in February 1850. He attended public schools and studied law. He was admitted to the California bar in April 1875 and engaged in practice in Stockton and in the city and county of San Francisco.
Congress
[edit]Woods was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Marion De Vries. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress and served from December 3, 1900, to March 3, 1903. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.
Later career and death
[edit]He resumed the practice of law in San Francisco, California, and died there December 24, 1915. He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, California.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Samuel D. Woods (id: W000726)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
[edit] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1845 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
- Politicians from Stockton, California
- California lawyers
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- California United States Representative stubs