Fernando Wood
He became a successful shipping merchant in New York City and became a member of the Tammany Hall machine which facilitated his election to the US House of Representatives in 1841.
Fernando wood. A successful shipping merchant who became Grand. After a meager education he worked at a number of jobs twice failing in businesses of his own. Was engaged in business as a shipping merchant in 1831.
Fernando Wood June 14 1812 February 14 1881 was an American politician of the Democratic Party and the 73rd and 75th mayor of New York City. His public career began with his election to Congress in 1840. Fernando Wood was one of the most controversial figures of nineteenth-century America.
He also served as a United States Representative 18411843 18631865 and 18671881 and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress 18771881. Fernando Wood was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1812 and he was named after a character in the gothic novel The Three Spaniards. 14 1881 Hot Springs Ark American congressional representative and mayor of New York City who led the Northern peace Democratsor Copperheadsduring the American Civil War.
Playing the nefarious mayor will be Lee Pace star of the Tony-winning The Normal Heart and lead actor from the late lamented Pushing Daisies. Fernando Wood subject of episode 126 will be making his big-screen debut in Steven Spielbergs upcoming epic Lincoln. WOOD FERNANDO brother of Benjamin Wood a Representative from New York.
Attended the public schools. New York shipping merchant nine-term Democratic Congressman and three-term Mayor of New York City Fernando Wood turned to politics after amassing a fortune shipping goods to California during the gold rush. Fernando Wood 14 June 1812 14 February 1881 was an American politician of the Democratic Party from PennsylvaniaHe served as the Mayor of New York City twice 1855 1857 1860 1862 United States Representative three times 18411843 18631865 and 18671881 and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th United States Congress 18771881.
Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress March 4 1841-March 3 1843. Fernando Wood June 14 1812 February 14 1881 was an American politician of the Democratic Party and the 73rd and 75th mayor of New York City. A self-made success in business he used the independence that came from wealth to pursue politics which he did for thirty years.