Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Wood” in article 14 of The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...of votes.
Wood was left out by a few votes.
Opdyke received a plurality, though the actual majority against him was 25,000.
This majority Wood can command for his new scheme.
In a similar way Wood was defeated in 1857; but, for the two years he was out of office, he was as potent as if he had been at the head of the city government.
...