Biography

03/03/1861 - 01/18/1928

William Speer Woods (R44) Allegheny (Part) County 1903-1906

Early Life:

William Speer Woods, born March 3, 1861, Allegheny City Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of David and Nancy Woods; Pittsburgh public school education; admitted, Allegheny County bar, 1888; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1903-1906; bachelor; died, January 18, 1928, home, 6636 Dalzall Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Admitted to practice before, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, United States District and Circuit Courts for Western District of Pennsylvania, 1890. 
Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Common Council, Twenty- second ward, Pittsburgh, 1902

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 44th district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1903-1906; committee assignments regular and extraordinary session, Congressional Apportionment, Education, Exposition Affairs, Finance, Game and Fisheries, Judiciary General, Municipal Affairs, Public Printing, 1906.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1906) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 824, 829-834, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 805.

The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Wednesday, January 18, 1928, page 1.

William Speer Woods (1861-1928) - Find a Grave Memorial