Benjamin Wood

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Benjamin Wood was a 19th-century American politician and newspaper publisher from New York, known for his pro-Southern, anti-war stance during the Civil War era.

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Benjamin Wood canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfNotability pro-Southern, anti-war stance during the Civil War era ⓘ
chronologicalContext American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1820-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1900-02-21 ⓘ
describedAs 19th-century American politician and newspaper publisher from New York ⓘ
electedIn United States House of Representatives elections, 1860 ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections, 1862 ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections, 1880 ⓘ
employer New York Daily News ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Wood ⓘ
genre newspaper publishing ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
movement Copperhead (Northern Peace Democrat) ⓘ
notableFor editorials sympathetic to the Confederacy ⓘ
opposition to the American Civil War ⓘ
ownership and editorship of the New York Daily News ⓘ
notableWork New York Daily News ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned New York Daily News ⓘ
partOf 19th-century American politics ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Southern ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-war during the American Civil War ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
regionOfActivity New York ⓘ
relative Fernando Wood ⓘ
represented New York's 4th congressional district ⓘ
New York's 9th congressional district ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Fernando Wood ⓘ
spouse Ida May Wood ⓘ
termEnd 1865-03-03 ⓘ
1883-03-03 ⓘ
termStart 1861-03-04 ⓘ
1881-03-04 ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Fernando Wood → sibling → Benjamin Wood ⓘ