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Harry Woods
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Woods featured in the Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, Utah)[1]
22nd Secretary of State of Illinois
In office
February 3, 1913 – October 12, 1914
GovernorEdward F. Dunne
Preceded byCornelius J. Doyle
Succeeded byLewis Stevenson
Personal details
BornHarry Woods
1863 (1863)
Canada
DiedOctober 12, 1914(1914-10-12) (aged 50–51)
Chicago, Illinois
PartyDemocratic
ProfessionInvestor

Harry Woods (1863 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and businessman.

Born in Canada, Woods emigrated to the United States in 1877 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Woods was a messenger and then, in 1890, worked in the grain trade business. From 1913 until his death in 1914 Woods, a Democrat, served as Illinois Secretary of State. In 1914, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Later that year Woods killed himself in his garage at his home, with a shotgun.[2][3] The believed motivation for his suicide was his emotional despondency over his senate election loss.[4]

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  1. ↑ "Harry Woods: Democratic Nominee for Secretary of State". The Broad Ax. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2, 1912. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ Woods, Harry, ed. (1914). "Officials of Illinois in Office June 1, 1914". Blue Book of the State of Illinois 1913-1914. p. 10. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ 'Harry Woods A Suicide, Coroner's Jury Verdict,' Milwaukee Sentinel, October 14, 1914
  4. ↑ "10 Years Ago Today". Chicago Tribune. October 13, 1924. p. 8. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.


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