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'''Reuben Wood''' (] or ] - ], ]) was a ] politician from Ohio. He served as the 21st ].
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| order = 21st
| office = Governor of Ohio
| term_start = December 12, 1850
| term_end = July 13, 1853
| lieutenant = William Medill <small>(1852–1853)</small>
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| term_start3 = December 5, 1825
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| restingplace = Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland
| spouse = Mary Rice
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'''Reuben Wood''' (1792/1793{{spaced ndash}}October 1, 1864) was a ] politician from the ] state of ]. He served as the 21st ].


==Biography==
Wood was born near ], ], ]. While living with an uncle in ], he was conscripted into the Canadian Army at the outset of the ], but escaped across ] and briefly served in the ]. He moved to ] - then a tiny village of 600 residents - in ] with his wife and infant daughter. He reputedly arrived with only $1.25 left to his name to work as a lawyer. He served in the ] from ]-]. He was elected in ] to the ], and served two seven-year terms from ]-]. He was defeated in a bid for a third term by a ] candidate. He took office in late ] as Governor. His first term was cut short by the implementation of a new state constitution, and he was re-elected in late ], re-inaugurated in early ]. He resigned on ], ] to take a position as the American consul in ], ]. He remained there until ], when he retired to Cleveland.
Wood was born near ], ], ], in either 1792 or 1793. While living with an uncle in ] after his father died, Wood was ] into the ] at the outset of the ], but escaped across ] and briefly served in the Vermont militia.<ref name="REUBEN WOOD">{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/wood.html|title=REUBEN WOOD|publisher=The Ohio Historical Society|access-date=July 13, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513031737/http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/wood.html|archive-date=May 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


==Career==
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Wood moved to ]{{spaced ndash}}then a tiny village of 600 residents{{spaced ndash}}in 1818 with his wife and infant daughter. He reputedly arrived with only $1.25 left to his name to work as a lawyer. He served in the ] from 1825 to 1830. In 1830, he was elected ] of the ].<ref name=westhist>{{cite magazine |magazine=]|volume=2 |date=May–October 1885 |editor1-first=William W |editor1-last=Williams |pages=203 |location=Cleveland |title=Western Reserve Jurists |first=Harvey |last=Rice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mW4FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA203}}</ref><ref name=supreme/> He served on the Common Pleas Court bench from 1830 to 1833.<ref name="REUBEN WOOD"/>
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Wood was elected in 1833 to the ], and served two seven-year terms from 1833 to 1847.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio/col2-content/main-content-list/title_wood_reuben.html|title=Ohio Governor Reuben Wood|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref> He was defeated in a bid for a third term by a ] candidate. He took office in late 1850 as governor. His first term was cut short by the implementation of a new state constitution, and he was re-elected in late 1851, re-inaugurated in early 1852. He resigned on July 13, 1853, to take a position as the American consul in ], ]. He remained there until 1855, when he retired to Cleveland.
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Wood married Mary Rice, of ], in 1816 or 1817. They had two daughters.<ref name=supreme>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/bios/wood.asp|publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System|title=Reuben Wood}}</ref>

Wood was known as '''The tall chief of the Cuyahogas''',<ref name=upton>{{cite book|title=History of the Western Reserve |volume=1 |page=521 |first=Harriet Taylor |last=Upton|editor-first=Harry Gardner |editor-last=Cutler |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |location=New York |author-link=Harriet Taylor Upton|year=1910 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xEsbLFoBttYC&pg=PA521}}</ref> or '''Cuyahoga Chief''',<ref name=westhist/> or '''Old Cuyahoga Chief''',<ref name=clecuy/> or '''Old Chief of the Cuyahogas'''.<ref name=supreme/>

==Death==
Wood died at his farm, ''Evergreen Place'', eight miles west of Cleveland, on October 1, 1864, from ].<ref name=clecuy>{{cite book |title=City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County: taken from Cleave's Biographical Cyclopaedie of the state of Ohio| publisher=Fairbanks, Benedict & Co. |location=Cleveland |year=1875 |pages= 35–36 |first=Egbert | last=Cleave| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84pDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA35 }}</ref> He was initially interred on the farm, and was later reburied at ] in Cleveland.<ref name=supreme/>{{sfn|Wickham|1914|page=217}}

==References==
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*{{cite book|last=Wickham|first=Gertrude Van Rensselaer|title=The Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1796-1840|location=Cleveland|publisher=Evangelical Publishing House|date=1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9kyAQAAMAAJ}}

==External links==
*{{cite web| url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio/col2-content/main-content-list/title_wood_reuben.html|publisher=National Governors Association |title=Ohio Governor Reuben Wood}}
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American judge For the U.S. Representative from Missouri, see Reuben T. Wood.

Reuben Wood
21st Governor of Ohio
In office
December 12, 1850 – July 13, 1853
LieutenantWilliam Medill (1852–1853)
Preceded bySeabury Ford
Succeeded byWilliam Medill
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office
February 6, 1833 – February 1847
Preceded byPeter Hitchcock
Succeeded byEdward Avery
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the Cuyahoga & other counties district
In office
December 5, 1825 – December 5, 1830
Preceded byJabez Wright
Samuel Wheeler
Aaron Norton
Succeeded byJohn W. Willey
Personal details
Born1792 (1792) or 1793 (1793)
Middletown Springs, Vermont
Died (aged 71–72)
Cleveland, Ohio
Resting placeWoodland Cemetery, Cleveland
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Rice
ChildrenLoretta Wood
Mary Wood
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Reuben Wood (1792/1793 – October 1, 1864) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 21st governor of Ohio.

Biography

Wood was born near Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont, in either 1792 or 1793. While living with an uncle in Canada after his father died, Wood was conscripted into the Canadian Army at the outset of the War of 1812, but escaped across Lake Ontario and briefly served in the Vermont militia.

Career

Wood moved to Cleveland, Ohio – then a tiny village of 600 residents – in 1818 with his wife and infant daughter. He reputedly arrived with only $1.25 left to his name to work as a lawyer. He served in the Ohio State Senate from 1825 to 1830. In 1830, he was elected President Judge of the third judicial circuit. He served on the Common Pleas Court bench from 1830 to 1833.

Wood was elected in 1833 to the Ohio Supreme Court, and served two seven-year terms from 1833 to 1847. He was defeated in a bid for a third term by a Whig candidate. He took office in late 1850 as governor. His first term was cut short by the implementation of a new state constitution, and he was re-elected in late 1851, re-inaugurated in early 1852. He resigned on July 13, 1853, to take a position as the American consul in Valparaíso, Chile. He remained there until 1855, when he retired to Cleveland.

Wood married Mary Rice, of Clarendon, Vermont, in 1816 or 1817. They had two daughters.

Wood was known as The tall chief of the Cuyahogas, or Cuyahoga Chief, or Old Cuyahoga Chief, or Old Chief of the Cuyahogas.

Death

Wood died at his farm, Evergreen Place, eight miles west of Cleveland, on October 1, 1864, from bilious colic. He was initially interred on the farm, and was later reburied at Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland.

References

  1. ^ "REUBEN WOOD". The Ohio Historical Society. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Rice, Harvey (May–October 1885). Williams, William W (ed.). "Western Reserve Jurists". Magazine of Western History. Vol. 2. Cleveland. p. 203.
  3. ^ "Reuben Wood". The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System.
  4. "Ohio Governor Reuben Wood". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  5. Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. Vol. 1. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 521.
  6. ^ Cleave, Egbert (1875). City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County: taken from Cleave's Biographical Cyclopaedie of the state of Ohio. Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co. pp. 35–36.
  7. Wickham 1914, p. 217.

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