Daniel P. Wood

Daniel Phelps Wood (November 5, 1819 in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York – May 1, 1891 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY) was an American lawyer and senator from New York.

He attended Pompey Hill Academy and graduated from Hamilton College in 1843.

Then he studied law with Victory Birdseye, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Syracuse in 1846.

In 1853, he was one of the Managers (prosecutors) at the impeachment trial of Canal Commissioner John C. Mather.

He also engaged in the manufacture of salt, and in banking; and was a Director of the Syracuse and Geddes Railway and the Genesee and Water Street Railroad.