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Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York City. He also represented the city for several terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Fernando Wood (14 juin 1812 - 14 février 1881) était un homme politique américain membre du parti démocrate qui fut deux fois maire de New York, de 1855 à 1858 (73 e maire) et de 1860 à 1862 (75 e maire).
10 juin 2024 · Fernando Wood (born June 14, 1812, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Feb. 14, 1881, Hot Springs, Ark.) was an American congressional representative and mayor of New York City who led the Northern peace Democrats—or “Copperheads”—during the American Civil War.
President Lincoln saw through his machinations and political shifts. “Fernando Wood, in turn mayor of New York and a member of Congress from that city, was at all times and in all places a trimmer of the first order,” wrote historian Rufus Rockwell Wilson.
New York shipping merchant, nine-term Democratic Congressman and three-term Mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood turned to politics after amassing a fortune shipping goods to California during the gold rush. His public career began with his election to Congress in 1840.
Fernando Wood était un homme politique américain membre du parti démocrate qui fut deux fois maire de New York, de 1855 à 1858 et de 1860 à 1862. Il fut une personnalité politique de premier plan du fait de son rôle essentiel auprès du Tammany Hall, institution démocrate très influente à New York et dont il fut « Grand Sachem ».
11 mai 2018 · Fernando Wood (1812-1881), American politician, was mayor of New York City, and a leading Peace Democrat during the Civil War. Fernando Wood was born in Philadelphia on June 14, 1812. After a meager education, he worked at a number of jobs, twice failing in businesses of his own.
