Asa Wood
American politician
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Asa Butler Wood (August 26, 1865 - May 7, 1945) was an American politician and newspaper publisher, serving as a state senator in the U.S. state of Nebraska from 1924 to 1930.
Life
Born in Wapello County, Iowa. Wood entered the newspaper business as a printer in his teens.[1] In 1887, at the age of 21,[2] he founded the Gering Courier, a newspaper he ran until his death in 1945.[1] He was known as "the dean of the newspapermen of the Nebraska Panhandle,”[1] and was at one time president of the Nebraska Press Association.[3] He was also a breeder of cattle,[4] and, like many publishers of that time, the local postmaster.[5][6]
In 1925, he was elected state senator of Nebraska's Thirty-third District.[7] He served as a Republican senator through 1930, and was known as an advocate of clean government and irrigation policy.[2][7]
Described as a "walking encyclopedia" of western Nebraska history,[5] he served as president of the Nebraska Historical Society from 1936 to 1938.[1]
He left the Courier to his son, Warren Wood, on his death in 1945.[5]