John M. Goodenow

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John Milton Goodenow (* 1782 in Westmoreland , Cheshire County , New Hampshire , †  July 20, 1838 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1829 and 1830 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Goodenow attended public schools in his home country and then worked in commerce. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1813, he began to work in this profession in Steubenville (Ohio). In 1817 headed the Treasury in the Sixth Tax District of Ohio. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In 1823 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1828 Goodenow was elected to the eleventh constituency of Ohio in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John C. Wright on March 4, 1829 . He held this office until his resignation on April 9, 1830. During this time, the policies of President Jackson were heatedly debated in Congress . Goodenow's resignation came after his appointment as a judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio . However, due to health problems, he was only able to exercise this office for a few months until the summer of 1830.

In 1832 he moved to Cincinnati , where he was appointed presiding judge on the Court of Appeals in 1832. In the presidential election of 1832 , Goodenow was one of the electors for Andrew Jackson. In November 1837, he moved to Texas , where he hoped to improve his ailing health. On the way back to Ohio he died on July 20, 1838 in New Orleans. He was buried in Cincinnati.

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