Charles Goodell

Charles Ellsworth Goodell (born March 16, 1926 in Jamestown , New York , † January 21, 1987 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1968 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives and between 1968 and 1971 in the US Senate .

Career

Charles Ellsworth Goodell attended public schools in Jamestown. In 1948 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). During the Second World War he served as Seaman Second Class in the US Navy between 1944 and 1946 . After the war, he went to Yale Law School , where he graduated in 1951. 1952 received a graduate degree from Yale University Graduate School of Government . He then taught in 1952 as a teacher at Quinnipiac College in New Haven ( Connecticut ). During the Korean War , he served as First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1953 . He was admitted to the bar in Connecticut in 1951 and in New York in 1954. He then practiced in Jamestown. Between 1954 and 1955 he was a Congressional Liaison Assistant for the Justice Department. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

On May 26, 1959, he was elected to the 86th Congress in a by-election in the 43rd constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of Daniel A. Reed . In the 1960 congressional elections , he was elected to the 87th Congress . In 1962 he ran in the 38th electoral district of New York for the 88th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Jessica M. Weis on January 4, 1963 . He was re-elected twice in a row, but stepped down from his seat in the US House of Representatives before the end of his last term on September 9, 1968.

On September 10, 1968 he was appointed US Senator for the remainder of the term of office of Robert F. Kennedy, who was killed in an assassination attempt . In the 1970 congressional elections , he suffered a defeat and then resigned from the US Senate on January 3, 1971.

He then resumed his practice as a lawyer. He lived in Washington DC until his death on January 21, 1987. His body was then interred in Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown.

Hints

↑ A graduate degree can be a diploma, magister, master or doctorate.

Web links

Charles Goodell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Charles Goodell in the database of Find a Grave (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Goodell, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Goodell, Charles Ellsworth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jamestown , New York
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1987
Place of death	Washington, DC

[1] A graduate degree can be a diploma, magister, master or doctorate.