Fernando Wood (1812-1881)

Fernando Wood was a Democratic U.S. congressman from New York (1841-43, 1863-65, and 1867-81) and mayor of New York City (1855-1858, 1861, 1862). In the 1850s the city was deeply divided along lines of class, ethnicity, religion, and race. Wood attempted to organize New York's immigrant population and address urban problems, but Wood's prosouthern and proslavery associations made him suspect to many northerners. In 1861 he proposed that New York City secede from the state.

Date:
1860 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
MES05136
Height:
973px
Width:
609px
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