Leonard Wood
| Leonard Wood | |
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| Governor-General of the Philippines | |
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In office October 14, 1921 – August 7, 1927 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Yeater |
| Succeeded by | Eugene A. Gilmore |
| Chief of Staff of the United States Army | |
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In office April 22, 1910 – April 21, 1914 |
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| Preceded by | Franklin Bell |
| Succeeded by | William W. Wotherspoon |
| Governor of Moro Province | |
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In office July 25, 1903 – April 16, 1906 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tasker H. Bliss |
| Governor-General of Cuba | |
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In office December 23, 1899 – May 20, 1902 |
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| Preceded by | John R. Brooke |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Estrada Palma (President) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 9, 1860 Winchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1927 (aged 66) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Condit Smith (m. 1890; his death 1927) |
| Education | Harvard University (MD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1886–1921 |
| Rank |
 Major general
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| Commands |
1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Department of the East Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army |
| Battles/wars |
Apache Wars Spanish-American War Philippine-American War |
| Awards |
Medal of Honor Army Distinguished Service Medal |
Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a United States Army officer. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor General of the Philippines. He began his military career as an army doctor on the frontier, where he received the Medal of Honor. He was bypassed for a major command in World War I, but then became a prominent Republican Party leader and a candidate for the 1920 presidential nomination. He served as civilian Governor General in the Philippines in the 1920s, where he quarreled with Filipinos who wanted home rule.
Biographer Jack Lane sums up his importance:
Born in Winchester, New Hampshire to Charles Jewett Wood (1829–1880) and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood (1836–1910), Wood attended Pierce Academy in Middleborough, Massachusetts and Harvard Medical School, earning an M.D. degree in 1884 as an intern at Boston City Hospital. Leonard Wood was of English descent, and was descended from four Mayflower passengers including William White, Francis Cooke, Stephen Hopkins and Richard Warren. He was married to Louise Adriana Condit Smith (1869–1943), of Washington, on November 18, 1890.
Wood took a position as an Army contract surgeon in January 1886, and was stationed with the 4th Cavalry at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Wood participated in the last campaign against Geronimo in 1886, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for carrying dispatches 100 miles through hostile territory and for commanding a detachment of the 8th Infantry (whose officers had been lost) in hand-to-hand combat against the Apache. He received the rank of captain in 1891.
While stationed at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, in 1893, Wood enrolled in graduate school at Georgia Tech, then known as the Georgia School of Technology, and organized the school's 1893 football team. Wood was the team's coach and played left guard, leading Georgia Tech to a 2–1–1 record, including a 28–6 victory over the University of Georgia. He was awarded an LL.D. by Harvard in 1899.
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