John M. Woods

John M. Woods
14th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts
In office January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911
Preceded by	Charles A. Grimmons
Succeeded by	Charles A. Burns
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Third Middlesex District[1]
In office 1904 – 1906[2][3]
Preceded by	Leonard B. Chandler[4]
Succeeded by	Elmer A. Stevens[3][5]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] Fifth Middlesex District[6]
In office January 1884 – January 1885
Preceded by	Robert L. Spear [6]
Succeeded by	William H. Flynn [6]
Personal details
Born	August 18, 1839[1]
Died	Pelham, New Hampshire
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic (until 1892); Republican[1]
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union[2]
Service/branch	Union Army[2]
Years of service	August 18, 1862-June 21, 1865[2]
Unit	Company I Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteers[2] *Army of the James and of the Potomac[2]
Battles/wars	American Civil War *Battle of Fredericksburg[2]

John M. Woods (October 22, 1839 – April 10, 1927) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the fourteenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Woods was a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention.^[1]

Notes

1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1904), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1904 Vol. XIII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 129.
2. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1905), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1905 Vol. XIV, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 129.
3. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1906), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1906 Vol. XV, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 129.
4. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. XII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 137.
5. Who's who in State Politics, 1908, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1908, p. 81.
6. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 187.