Political
- John Wood (died 1458), British Member of Parliament for Worcester and Worcestershire
- John Wood (Ipswich MP), British Member of Parliament Ipswich in 1420
- John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
- John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
- John Atwood (Assistant Governor) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony
- John Barrett Wood, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), former British member of Parliament
- John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–1861
- John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), current member of the Florida House of Representatives
- John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois, 1860–1861
- John F. Wood, Jr. (born 1936), Maryland House of Delegates, U.S.
- John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), former member of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
- John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of British far-right politics and member of the British Peoples Party
- John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
- John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho, 1951–1953
- John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
- John M. Wood (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
- John William Wood, Sr. (1855–1928), former North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
- John Wood (Isle of Man governor), governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
Read more about this topic: John Wood
Famous quotes containing the word political:
“The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.”
—Emma Goldman (18691940)
“Man is naturally a political animal.”
—Aristotle (384322 B.C.)
“Men conceive themselves as morally superior to those with whom they differ in opinion. A Socialist who thinks that the opinions of Mr. Gladstone on Socialism are unsound and his own sound, is within his rights; but a Socialist who thinks that his opinions are virtuous and Mr. Gladstones vicious, violates the first rule of morals and manners in a Democratic country; namely, that you must not treat your political opponent as a moral delinquent.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)