Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 â€" August 7, 1927) was a United States
Army major general, physician, and public official. He served as the
Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba,
and Governor General of the Philippines. He began his military career
as an army doctor on the frontier, where he received the Medal of
Honor. During the Spanishâ€"American War, he commanded the Rough
Riders, with Theodore Roosevelt as his second-in-command. Wood was
bypassed for a major command in World War I, but then became a
prominent Republican Party leader and a leading candidate for the 1920
presidential nomination.Born in Winchester, New Hampshire, Wood became
an army surgeon after earning a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard
Medical School. He received the Medal of Honor for his role in the
Apache Wars and became the personal physician to the President of the
United States. At the outbreak of the Spanishâ€"American War, Wood and
Roosevelt organized the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry regiment.
Wood was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during the war and
fought in the Battle of San Juan Hill and other engagements. After the
war, Wood served as the Military Governor of Cuba, where he instituted
improvements to medical and sanitary conditions. President William
Howard Taft made Wood the Army Chief of Staff in 1910, and Wood held
that position until 1914. Several Republican leaders supported Wood
for the role of commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in
World War I, but the Woodrow Wilson administration selected John J.
Pershing.After Roosevelt's death in 1919, many of Roosevelt's former
supporters backed Wood for the presidential nomination at the 1920
Republican National Convention. Wood received the most votes on the
first four ballots of the convention, but the Republicans nominated
Warren G. Harding for president. Wood retired from the army in 1921
and was appointed Governor General of the Philippines later that year.
He held that position until his death in 1927. Leonard Wood Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter