Harry Woods (Illinois politician)

American politician

Harry Woods
Woods featured in the Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, Utah)

22nd Secretary of State of Illinois
In office February 3, 1913 – October 12, 1914
Preceded by	Cornelius J. Doyle
Succeeded by	Lewis Stevenson

Personal details
Born	Harry Woods 1863 Canada
Died	October 12, 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, a Democrat, served as Illinois Secretary of State. In 1914, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Later that year Woods killed himself in his garage at his home, with a shotgun.

Notes

"Harry Woods: Democratic Nominee for Secretary of State". The Broad Ax. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2, 1912. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
Woods, Harry, ed. (1914). "Officials of Illinois in Office June 1, 1914". Blue Book of the State of Illinois 1913-1914. p. 10. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
'Harry Woods A Suicide, Coroner's Jury Verdict,' Milwaukee Sentinel, October 14, 1914

Party political offices
Preceded byXelpho F. Beidler	Democratic nominee for Secretary of State of Illinois 1912	Succeeded byLewis Stevenson
Political offices
Preceded byCornelius J. Doyle	Secretary of State of Illinois 1913–1914	Succeeded byLewis Stevenson

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