Biography

08/07/1812 - 10/19/1865


WOOD, Day, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, August 7, 1812 in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; farmer and stockman; vice president, Lancaster County Republican Convention (1860); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1865 and 1866 terms; died while in office, prior to taking the oath, October 19, 1865 in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Eastland Friends Burial Ground, Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.


If you wish to contact your current State Representative, please visit the Find Your Legislator page; or visit the Members of the House page to view a list of all current Representatives.