Harry Woods
Woods featured in the Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, Utah)[1]
22nd Secretary of State of Illinois
In office
January 1913  October 12, 1914
Preceded byCornelius J. Doyle
Succeeded byLewis Stevenson
Personal details
Born
Harry Woods

1863
Canada
DiedOctober 14, 1914
Chicago, Illinois
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionInvestor

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

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. In 1914, he unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Woods killed himself in his garage, at his home, with a shotgun.[2][3]

Notes

  1. "Harry Woods: Democratic Nominee for Secretary of State". The Broad Ax. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2, 1912. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. Woods, Harry, ed. (1914). "Officials of Illinois in Office June 1, 1914". Blue Book of the State of Illinois 1913-1914. p. 10. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  3. 'Harry Woods A Suicide, Coroner's Jury Verdict,' Milwaukee Sentinel, October 14, 1914


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