Maggie Hassan Parents: Meet Robert Coldwell Wood, Margaret Byers
Sebastian Wright
Updated on January 03, 2026
Maggie Hassan is the daughter of Margaret Byers and Robert Coldwell Wood.
Maggie Hassan’s father, Robert, was a political scientist who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Lyndon Johnson administration.
Maggie Hassan has not provided enough information regarding her mother’s personal life as such not much is known about her.
Robert Wood was an American political scientist, academic and government administrator, and professor of political science at MIT.
Robert Wood was born on September 16, 1923, in St Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Princeton University before proceeding to earn three degrees from Harvard University: a master’s in public administration, and a master’s and a doctorate in government.
Robert Wood also taught political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1959 to 1965.
Maggie Hassan is currently serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire. Margaret Coldwell Hassan was born on February 27, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.