Education
He attended the common schools.
United States representative politician
He attended the common schools.
Wood moved to Hoosick Falls in 1835, and worked ing the blacksmithing department of the manufacturing establishment of Parsons and Wilder for four years. In 1852 Wood organized the firm of Wood and Parsons and manufactured mowing and reaping machines under the patents of John H. Manny. By invention and improvement, and patent, he perfected the Walter A. Wood Mower and Reaper.
His firm grew from the manufacture of only two machines in 1852 to more than 8,000 in 1865.
In 1867 he was decorated by Napoleon III with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. And in Vienna in 1878 he was decorated by the Emperor with the Imperial Order of Franz Joseph.
In 1873, Wood built a large mansion on more than 1,000 acres that extended into East Hoosick. He operated a large farm.
Elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses representing the seventeenth district of New York, Wood served from (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883).
He returned to Hoosick Falls, New York, and resumed his former pursuits. He served as president of the village of Hoosick Falls and as president of the board of education. Wood died of pneumonia in Hoosick Falls, New York, on January 15, 1892 (age 76 years, 84 days).
He is interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, New New York