Jump to content

Ernest E. Wood

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernest E. Wood
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1905 – June 23, 1906
Preceded byJames Joseph Butler
Succeeded byHarry M. Coudrey
Personal details
Born
Ernest Edward Wood

(1875-08-24)August 24, 1875
Chico, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 1952(1952-01-10) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationStockton High School
United States Military Academy
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Ernest Edward Wood (August 24, 1875 – January 10, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Chico, California, Wood attended the public schools and graduated from Stockton High School in 1892. He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1893 and remained two years. After studying law, Wood was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St. Louis, Missouri.

Wood presented his credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1905 to June 23, 1906, when he was succeeded by Harry M. Coudrey, who contested his election. The contest, in a district that at been involved in contests each of the four proceeding elections, swung on the claim of 2300 fraudulent votes in the notorious Fourth Ward - nicknamed the "Snake Kinney" ward - when the race was decided by only 950 votes. Coudrey submitted evidence that the voting rolls were filled with people who didn't exist and whose addresses were various saloons and boarding houses.[1] There were numerous affidavits submitted accusing Wood of coercion and bribery and in the end the House unanimously voted to remove him and replace him with Coudrey.[2]

Wood moved to Los Angeles, California in 1907 and resumed the practice of law. He died in Los Angeles on January 10, 1952 and was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Hollywood, California.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Papers in Wood-Coudrey Contest Have Been Filed, 6,000 typewritten pages". The St. Louis Republic. 13 July 1905.
  2. ^ Hind's Precedents (PDF). 4 March 1907. pp. 925–926. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 12th congressional district
1905–1906 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernest_E._Wood&oldid=1220649061"