Samuel Davis Woods (September 19, 1845 – December 24, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1900 to 1903, as a member of the Republican Party.

Born in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, Woods moved with his parents to Stockton, California, in February 1850.

He was admitted to the California bar in April 1875 and engaged in practice in Stockton and in the city and county of San Francisco.

Woods was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Marion De Vries.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress