Harry Woods (Illinois politician)

Harry Woods (1863 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and businessman.

Harry Woods^[1]

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 served as Illinois Secretary of State and was a Democrat. Woods committed suicide in his garage, at his home, with a shotgun.^[2]^[3]

Notes

↑ Donovan, Henry. "Chicago Eagle". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1913-1914,' Biographical Sketch of Harry Woods
↑ 'Harry Woods A Suicide, Coroner's Jury Verdict,' Milwaukee Sentinel, October 14, 1914

Political offices
Preceded by Cornelius J. Doyle	Secretary of State of Illinois 1913–1914	Succeeded by Lewis G. Stevenson

Illinois Secretaries of State

Kane Lockwood Blackwell Birkbeck Forquer Field Douglas Trumbull Campbell Cooley Gregg Starne Hatch Tyndale Rummell Harlow Dement Pearson Hinrichsen Rose Doyle Woods Stevenson Emmerson Stratton Hughes Rowe Barrett Carpentier Chamberlain Powell Lewis Howlett Dixon Edgar Ryan White

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