| H. R. Wood | |
| State Senate1: | Arizona |
| District1: | Yavapai County |
| Term Start1: | March 1912 |
| Term End1: | January 1915 |
| Predecessor1: | First Senator from Yavapai County |
| Successor1: | Morris Goldwater Frances Munds |
| Birth Place: | Michigan |
| Death Date: | June 17, 1952 |
| Death Place: | Prescott, Arizona |
| Nationality: | American |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Profession: | Politician |
Homer R. Wood was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature.[1]
Wood was originally from Michigan.[2] He moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1891, and established a drug store. He was also active in the mining field, and was one of the people responsible for the development of the Hillside Mine.[3] By the early 1900s, he and two partners had opened a mining investment firm, Wood, Dillon & Co.[4]
In 1910 he was one of six Democrats selected to run for the positions as delegates to the state's constitutional convention.[5] In the general election Wood was one of the five Democrats, along with a lone Republican selected to represent Yavapai County at the convention.[6] He was one of the signers of the Constitution of Arizona.[7]
Along with M. G. Cunniff, he was one of the two Democrats elected in the October 1911 primary to run for the state Senate.[8] Both Wood and Cunniff won in December's general election, to become the first state senators from Yavapai County.[9] During the first legislature, Wood served on six senate committees: Finance; Judiciary; Mines and Mining; Appropriations; Constitutional Mandates; and State Accounting and Methods of Business.[10]
For over 50 years, starting in 1897, Wood was the official timekeeper for Prescott's "Frontier Days", billed as the "World's Oldest Rodeo".[11]
Wood died in his home in Prescott on June 17, 1952.