Charles Woods (politician)
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Personal details | |
Born | Charles Arthur Morris September 30, 1920 Dothan, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | October 17, 2004 | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic Party (United States) |
Occupation | Businessman, broadcaster, politician |
Charles Woods (September 30, 1920 – October 17, 2004) was an
Early life and education
He was born Charles Arthur Morris. His divorced mother was unable to support her two young sons so she placed them in a state orphanage when he was five years old. He never saw her again and aged 6 was adopted by P. A. Woods family from
Military career
Woods joined the RCAF and the United States Army Air Corps in 1941, eventually rising to the rank of Major.
Woods was severely injured in a 1944
Woods, severely burned, was dying and needed new skin. In desperation, skin was taken from a recently dead soldier, with his family's permission, and was draped onto Woods. This "foreign" skin normally would have been rejected by Woods's
Over the next two years, Woods was operated on 24 times to construct a new face, often with very little anesthesia.
Radio and politics
Woods prevailed and began a very successful career in construction and in radio and television stations. He built a multimillion-dollar empire in
He came close to winning the Democratic nomination for Alabama Lieutenant Governor in 1974, leading in the first round of voting but losing in a runoff to incumbent Jere Beasley.
In
His presidential bid slogan was The Businessman's Approach.[2]
Woods then ran in the Republican primaries for US Senate elections in Nevada in
Personal life
Woods lived in Dothan, Alabama until his death in 2004. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Electoral history
Source:[4]
- Lurleen Wallace – 480,841 (54.10%)
- Richmond Flowers– 172,386 (19.40%)
- Carl Elliott – 71,972 (8.10%)
- Bob Gilchrist – 49,502 (5.57%)
- Charles Woods – 41,148 (4.63%)
- John Malcolm Patterson– 31,011 (3.49%)
- Jim Folsom – 24,145 (2.72%)
- A.W. Todd – 9,013 (1.01%)
- Albert Brewer – (Inc.) 428,146 (41.98%)
- George Wallace – 416,443 (40.84%)
- Charles Woods – 149,987 (14.71%)
- Asa Carter– 15,441 (1.51%)
- Jim Folsom – 4,123 (0.40%)
- Coleman Brown – 2,836 (0.28%)
- Shorty Price – 2,804 (0.28%)
Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1974 (Democratic primary)
- Charles Woods – 310,351 (38.68%)
- Jere Beasley (Inc.) – 308,182 (38.41%)
- Richard Dominick – 150,455 (18.75%)
- Ron Careel – 25,392 (3.17%)
- Coleman Brown – 7,943 (0.99%)
Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1974 (Democratic runoff)
- Jere Beasley – 393,077 (56.10%)
- Charles Woods – 307,643 (43.90%)
- Fob James – 256,196 (28.47%)
- Bill Baxley – 210,089 (23.35%)
- Albert Brewer – 193,479 (21.50%)
- Sid McDonald – 143,930 (15.99%)
- Jere Beasley – 77,202 (8.58%)
- K.C. Foster – 4,948 (0.55%)
- Horace Howell – 4,730 (0.53%)
- Jim Folsom – 4,632 (0.52%)
- Bob Muncaster – 1,776 (0.20%)
- Shorty Price – 1,396 (0.16%)
- Charles Woods – 700 (0.08%)
- Fred Sandefer – 622 (0.07%)
- Cornelia Wallace – 217 (0.02%)
1992 United States presidential election (Democratic primary)
- Bill Clinton – 10,482,411 (52.01%)
- Jerry Brown – 4,071,232 (20.20%)
- Paul Tsongas – 3,656,010 (18.14%)
- Unpledged – 750,873 (3.73%)
- Bob Kerrey – 318,457 (1.58%)
- Tom Harkin – 280,304 (1.39%)
- Lyndon LaRouche – 154,599 (0.77%)
- Eugene McCarthy – 108,678 (0.54%)
- Charles Woods – 88,948 (0.44%)
- Larry Agran – 58,611 (0.29%)
- Ross Perot (write-in) – 54,755 (0.27%)
- Ralph Nader (write-in) – 35,935 (0.18%)
- Louis J. Stokes – 29,983 (0.15%)
- Harry Reid (Inc.) – 64,828 (52.82%)
- Charles Woods – 48,364 (39.40%)
- Harold Furman– 58,521 (50.46%)
- Charles Woods – 29,601 (25.52%)
- Jeff Sessions – 82,373 (37.81%)
- Sid McDonald – 47,320 (21.72%)
- Charles Woods – 24,409 (11.20%)
- Frank McRight – 21,964 (10.08%)
- Walter D. Clark – 18,745 (8.60%)
- Jimmy Blake – 15,385 (7.06%)
- Albert Libscomb – 7,672 (3.52%)
- Terry Everett (R, incumbent) – 151,830 (68.20%)
- Charles Woods (D) – 64,958 (29.18%)
- Wallace B. McGahan (L) – 4,111 (1.85%)
- Terry Everett (R, incumbent) – 129,233 (68.75%)
- Charles Woods (D) – 55,495 (29.52%)
- Floyd Shackelford (L) – 2,948 (1.57%)
References
- ^ Our Campaigns – ND US President – D Primary Race – Jun 09, 1992
- ^ "Library & Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition". Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Our Campaigns – Candidate – Charles Woods
- ^ Our campaigns