Background
WOOD, Norman was born on January 24, 1891 in Peach Jlottom, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alfred and Elmira (King) Wood.
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Norman WOOD
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He graduated from Fulton Township High School and attended the George School and Pennsylvania State College.
Career
Wood was a dairy farmer by profession before running for office. Republican powerbroker William Walton Griest was looking for someone to run for an open seat in the 1922 election and sent an underling to Fulton Township with instructions to bring "that Wood fellow" to meet him. Griest had meant to have Samuel Wood run for election, but due to his vague instructions, Norman Wood ended up coming to his office.
Griest decided Norman Wood was up to the task and used his influence to get Norman Wood elected.
He was re-elected every election until 1964, when he declined to run for another term. He died March 11, 1988, and was buried in Little Britain, Pennsylvania.
The Norman Wood Bridge, which opened in 1968, is named in his honor.
Politics
Wood"s entry into politics was something of an accident. Wood eventually rose to chairman of his party"s caucus.
Membership
Member: F. and Master of Arts. Lancaster Company Farm Bureau.
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Nationality
American