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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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
newspaper publisher
politician
causeOfNotability pro-Southern, anti-war stance during the Civil War era
chronologicalContext American Civil War era NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
United States House of Representatives elections, 1862 NERFINISHED
United States House of Representatives elections, 1880 NERFINISHED
employer New York Daily News NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Wood NERFINISHED
genre newspaper publishing
givenName Benjamin NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
movement Copperhead (Northern Peace Democrat) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
occupation journalist
newspaper publisher
politician
owned New York Daily News NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
relative Fernando Wood NERFINISHED
represented New York's 4th congressional district NERFINISHED
New York's 9th congressional district NERFINISHED
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
sibling Fernando Wood NERFINISHED
spouse Ida May Wood NERFINISHED
termEnd 1865-03-03
1883-03-03
termStart 1861-03-04
1881-03-04
workLocation New York City

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