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Robert R. Woods (November 26, 1936 - August 25, 2002) was a former pastor and American politician of the Democratic Party.

Profession

Woods was pastor of Wallingford Presbyterian Church in Charleston.

Political career

Woods served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing District 109 from around 1975 to 1986. He served as Chairman of the House Invitations Committee and on the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee.

He worked to protect the pay of military personnel on active duty leave and supported the efforts of community organizations like the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA), whose membership included Jim Clyburn.

In 1979, Woods, along with Representative McKinley Washington and others, filed a lawsuit to change the method of Charleston County Council elections. Plaintiffs in the case included Members of Charleston County Council, the Charleston County Election Commission, the Charleston County Democratic Party and Glenn McConnell in his role as Chair of the Charleston County Republican Party.

In 1986, Woods was convicted of mail fraud in connection with a United States Department of Agriculture sponsored child feeding program operated at the Wallingford United Presbyterian Church where he served as pastor. His seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives was vacated in the fall of 1986, and he was succeeded by Lucille Whipper, who won the general election. Woods appealed his conviction, but did not prevail.

References

1. "Robert Woods Obituary (2002) - Charleston, NC - Charlotte Observer". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
2. "Maxine Dunn". www.murraysmortuary.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
3. "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
4. "A Senate Resolution". South Carolina Legislature. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
5. "Invitations". South Carolina General Assembly, 106th Session, 1985-1986, Journal of the House of Representatives. March 25, 1986. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
6. "Letter from Robert R. Woods". College of Charleston Library. July 20, 1978. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
7. "Letter to Representative Robert R. Woods from the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General" (PDF). South Carolina Attorney General. March 24, 1975. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
8. "Letter from William Saunders to Robert R. Woods". The Lowcountry Digital Library. March 1, 1979. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
9. "Woods v. Hamilton". Justia US Law. July 3, 1979. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
10. "UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Roosevelt WOODS, Defendant-Appellant". March 5, 1987.
11. "Whipper, Lucille Simmons". South Carolina Encyclopedia. 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
12. "United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Robert Roosevelt Woods, Defendant-appellant, 812 F.2d 1483 (4th Cir. 1987)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2024-09-02.

• Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
• African-American state legislators in South Carolina
• 20th-century African-American politicians
• Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina
• 1936 births
• 2002 deaths
• 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly