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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | George Tyler Wood |
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, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 12, 1795
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| Died | September 03, 1858
(63 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Caprice
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| Info | Born: March 12, 1795 in Georgia
Early career: Wood was a veteran of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend at nineteen and served in the Georgia state assembly. In 1839, he brought his family and 30 slaves to Texas where he settled a plantation along the Trinity River. Wood served in the Sixth Congress (1841) and the Annexation Convention of 1845. He resigned his seat in the state senate to become a regimental colonel in the Mexican War. Considered by his men to be a hero at the Battle of Monterrey, he was slighted by James Pinckney Henderson in the general's report; the incident may have been decisive in Wood's election as governor in 1847.
Accomplishments: Issues in his administration included increased defense of the frontier against Indians, payment of the large public debt, and establishment of Texas' right to the territory east of the Rio Grande above El Paso. The tough-talking Wood was defeated by the anti-Houston faction in 1849.
Later years: Wood made two more unsuccessful attempts at reelection before he died on September 3, 1858.
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