Walter Abbott Wood (October 23, 1815 – January 15, 1892) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Mason, New Hampshire, Wood moved to New York in 1816 with his parents, who settled in Rensselaerville.

Wood moved to Hoosick Falls in 1835, and worked in the blacksmithing department of the manufacturing establishment of Parsons and Wilder for four years.

Wood died of pneumonia in Hoosick Falls, New York, on January 15, 1892 (age 76 years, 84 days).

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