Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Woods, Frank Plowman

Woods, Frank Plowman, a Representative from Iowa; born near Sharon, Walworth County, Wis., December 11, 1868; attended the public schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind.; moved to Estherville, Emmett County, Iowa, in 1887 and worked in a newspaper office for two years; engaged in the mortgage-loan business and private banking; chairman of the Republican State central committee in 1906 and 1907; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918; chairman of the Republican National Congressional Committee 1913-1918; engaged in literary pursuits; resided in Altadena, Calif., until his death there April 25, 1944; interment in Mountain View Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Woods, Frank Plowman," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2042 Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GXQ9ZHKJ1SCCI78.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Woods, Frank Plowman." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2042, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GXQ9ZHKJ1SCCI78.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Woods, Frank Plowman' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2042. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GXQ9ZHKJ1SCCI78.