Frank P. Woods
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Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 - April 25, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born near Sharon, Wisconsin, Woods attended the public schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana. He moved to Estherville, Iowa, in 1887 and worked in a newspaper office for two years. He engaged in the mortgage-loan business and private banking. He served as chairman of the Republican State central committee in 1906 and 1907.
Woods was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918. He served as chairman of the Republican National Congressional Committee 1913-1918. Resided in Altadena, California, until his death there April 25, 1944. He was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.
