John Travers Wood

John Travers Wood ( born November 25, 1878 in Wakefield, England; † November 2, 1954 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho ) was an American politician. Between 1951 and 1953 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

In 1889, John Wood came with his parents to the United States, where the family settled in Woodbridge (North Dakota). John attended the public schools of his new home and received in 1901, the American citizenship. He taught for six years as a teacher and studied until 1904 at the Detroit College Medicine. After qualifying as a doctor, he practiced in Hannah, North Dakota. After moving to Coeur d' Alene in Idaho, he also worked there as a doctor. Between 1910 and 1950 he was employed as a physician at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Between 1910 and 1912 he was also still mayor of Coeur d' Alene. In this place he had founded in 1908 a hospital. During World War II he was a lieutenant in the medical corps of the U.S. armed forces.

Political career

John Wood was a member of the Republican Party. In 1950 he was elected as a candidate of his party in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he acted as successor of Compton I. White between January 1951 and January 3, 1953, the first electoral district of Idaho 3. In the congressional elections of 1952 he was defeated Gracie Pfost of the Democratic Party. Then John Wood worked as a doctor again. He died in November 1954.