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Samuel D. Woods

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Samuel D. Woods
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 2nd district
In office
December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1903
Preceded byMarion De Vries
Succeeded byTheodore Arlington Bell
Personal details
Born
Samuel Davis Woods

(1845-09-19)September 19, 1845
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
DiedDecember 24, 1915(1915-12-24) (aged 70)
San Francisco, California
Political partyRepublican
Professionlawyer, 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

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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

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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

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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

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  • United States Congress. "Samuel D. Woods (id: W000726)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 2nd congressional district

1900–1903
Succeeded by

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress