Abe Goff

Abe Goff

Abe McGregor Goff (born December 21, 1899 in Colfax , Washington , † November 23, 1984 in Moscow , Idaho ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the first constituency of the state of Idaho in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Abe Goff was born the fourth son of Herbert W. and Mary Francis Dorsey. He had a younger sister. He left the Colfax High School in September 1917 to February 1918 at voluntarily during the First World War as a soldier in the Washington State National Guard to serve. After the war he graduated in 1918 and then studied at the University of Idaho until 1924 . To finance his studies, he took on various unskilled jobs. He was on the football team in college and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Later he was even a football coach at Moscow High School for several years .

After obtaining his Bachelor of Laws degree , he was admitted to the bar in 1924 and began practicing in Moscow. Between 1926 and 1934 he was a district attorney in Latah County . In addition, he held law lectures at the University of Idaho until 1941. In 1940 Abe Goff served as chairman of the Idaho Bar Association.

Abe Goff became a member of the Republican Party . In 1940 he lost the internal party nomination for the election campaign for the seat in the US Senate , but was elected to the Idaho Senate in return .

In August 1941 he was taken back into active military service from the existing reserve ratio. He served in the US Army until September 1946 as a military disciplinary attorney, where he rose to colonel . In February 1942 he was serving as legal advisor to the American Army's North Africa Mission in Africa and the Middle East. He was also in Ethiopia and Iran during this time. After his return to the United States in early 1942, he worked for the War Department primarily in the field of war crimes. In this function he was also involved in a conference in London in 1945 and was responsible for dealing with Japanese war crimes on General McArthur's staff . From the spring of 1946 until his release in September 1946 he worked on the review of the sentences of prisoners of war. He received the Legion of Merit and Army Commendation Medal for his work .

While still in active service, he was nominated as a Republican candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives . In the 1946 congressional elections, he was elected by the Democratic Party against incumbent Compton I. White . There he completed a legislative period between January 3, 1947 and January 3, 1949. In the elections of 1948 he was defeated by White, who was able to take his old seat again.

Then he worked again as a lawyer in Moscow. After the death of the Democratic Senator Bert Miller in 1950, he applied for his successor, but lost to Henry Dworshak within the party .

After the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, Abe Goff applied for a job with a federal agency. In December 1953, at the request of Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield , he was appointed senior legal advisor in the Postal Department. He began his work on February 1, 1954.

On January 23, 1958, he was nominated by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the vacant seat of Owen Clarke on the Interstate Commerce Commission with a term ending December 31, 1959. His confirmation by the Senate took place on January 30, 1958. He took office on February 12, 1958. On August 11, 1959, he was nominated for a further term until December 31, 1966 and confirmed by the Senate on August 27, 1959. In 1964 he was the rotating chairman of the authority. Despite his reputation in the industry and among the licensed attorneys, he was not nominated again by President Lyndon B. Johnson . He remained in office until July 30, 1967 until his successor Grant E. Syphers was sworn in.

After that, he retired. Abe Goff lectured and published some papers. He died after a brief illness on November 23, 1984 in Moscow and was buried there.

On August 24, 1927, he married Florence Letitia Richardson (1892-1987). He had two children with her.

Web links

• Abe Goff in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abe Goff in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• 28 Nov 1984, 15 - The Times-News at Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . 
• Abe McGregor Goff. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Abe Goff (2007) - Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .