Thomas H. Woods

Thomas Hall Woods (March 17, 1836 – August 10, 1910) was an American judge, politician, and lawyer.

[2] Woods was sent as a delegate to the convention that passed the ordinance of secession, of which body he was the youngest member.

[1][2] In 1865, Woods was elected district attorney, reelected in 1866 but was removed from office by reconstruction officials.

[2] In 1889, Governor Robert Lowry appointed Woods an associate justice to the Supreme Court of Mississippi, filling an unexpired term.

[2][1] In 1891, Governor John Marshall Stone appointed Woods to a nine-year term on the Supreme Court.