Abiel Wood

Abiel Wood ( born July 22, 1772 in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, † October 26, 1834 in Belfast, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1815 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Abiel Wood attended the public schools of his home and worked in the trade. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. Between 1807 and 1811, and again in 1816 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In the congressional elections of 1812 he was in the 17th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Francis Carr on March 4, 1813. Since he has not been confirmed in 1814, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1815. This was marked by the events of the British -American War.

1819 Wood was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of the future state of Maine; in the years 1820 and 1821 he practiced there then from the Office of the State Councilor. His main job was again involved in trade. In addition, he was, until his death on October 26, 1834 Bank Commissioner of the State of Maine.