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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Wood, Ira Wells
Wood, Ira Wells, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on June 19, 1856; was graduated from Princeton College in 1877; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Trenton, N.J.; was a member of the city board of education 1894-1896; served in the city council 1896-1900; president of the Board of Trade of Trenton 1896-1900; member of the State assembly in 1899 and 1900; commissioner for New Jersey to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904; delegate to the Interparliamentary Peace Union at Brussels, Belgium, in 1905; president of the Republican Club at Trenton; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William M. Lanning; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 8, 1904, to March 3, 1913; declined to be a candidate for reelection; retired from active pursuits and resided in Trenton, N.J., until his death there October 5, 1931; interment in Mercer Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Wood, Ira Wells," 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.2039 Original Sources, accessed October 12, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZZSPH7IML65GRI.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Wood, Ira Wells." 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.2039, Original Sources. 12 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZZSPH7IML65GRI.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Wood, Ira Wells' 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.2039. Original Sources, retrieved 12 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZZSPH7IML65GRI.
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