Charles Goodyear (politician)

Charles Goodyear

Charles Goodyear (born April 26, 1804 in Cobleskill , New York , † April 9, 1876 in Charlottesville , Virginia ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1845 and 1847 and between 1865 and 1867 .

Career

Charles Goodyear was born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County , about eight years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended Hartwick Academy in Otsego County . In 1824 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1826 and then began to practice in Schoharie . He was named First Judge in Schoharie County in February 1838 - a position he held until July 1847. During this time he was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1840 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1844 congressional elections for the 29th Congress , Goodyear was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st Congressional District of New York , where he succeeded Jeremiah E. Cary on March 4, 1845 . He retired from the after March 3, 1847 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice in Schoharie until 1852 when he founded the Schoharie County Bank and became its president.

In 1864 he ran in the 14th Congressional District of New York for the 39th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded John VL Pruyn on March 4, 1865 . Since he refused to run again in 1866 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1867.

Then he went back to work as a lawyer. In 1866 he took part as a delegate at the Union National Convention of the Conservatives in Philadelphia and in 1868 at the Democratic National Convention in New York City . He retired in 1869 and moved to Charlottesville. There he held the post of Judge at Albemarle County Court . He died on April 9, 1876 in Charlottesville and was then buried in Maplewood Cemetery .

Web links

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

• Charles Goodyear in the database of Find a Grave (English)