George Tyler Wood (March 12, 1795 – September 3, 1858) was an American military officer and politician who served as the second Governor of Texas.

[1] When he was nineteen, Wood raised a company of volunteers for the Creek War and fought in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

When the Mexican–American War began, he resigned his senate seat and became Colonel of the Second Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers.

[3] The 1847 decision of Governor James Pinckney Henderson not to seek another term left a wide-open race for his replacement.

[6] To deal with the public debt, he advocated a plan to sell state land to the U.S. Federal government.

[6] To strengthen its claim, the Texas Legislature created Santa Fe County and the eleventh judicial district.

When the judge appointed to preside over the new district arrived in Santa Fe, he found U.S. Army soldiers already in the city who were determined to support the federal position.

[5] Other issues Wood dealt with were organizing towns and counties, establishing court buildings, and reforming government operations.

The primary challenger to the governor was Peter H. Bell, who ran on the issues of frontier defense and the New Mexico dispute.