Milo Goodrich

Milo Goodrich

Milo Goodrich (born January 3, 1814 in East Homer , New York , † April 15, 1881 in Auburn , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1871 and 1873 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Milo Goodrich was born in Cortland County during the British-American War . The family moved to Cortlandville in 1816 . He attended the South Cortland District School , the Cortland Academy in Homer, and Oberlin College in Ohio . He then taught in schools in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law in 1840 in Worcester ( Massachusetts ), he practiced for two years in Beloit ( Wisconsin ). In 1844 he returned to New York and settled in Dryden . On October 2, 1849, he became postmaster in Dryden - a post he held until June 25, 1853. He took part in the New York Constituent Assembly in 1867 and 1868 . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1870 congressional election for the 42nd Congress , Goodrich was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Giles W. Hotchkiss on March 4, 1871 . He suffered a defeat in his renewed candidacy in 1872 and then left the Congress after March 3, 1873 .

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer. In 1875 he moved to Auburn. There he continued to practice as a lawyer. He died on April 15, 1881 in Auburn. His body was then interred in Green Hills Cemetery in Dryden.

Web links

• Milo Goodrich in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Milo Goodrich in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Milo Goodrich on the rootsweb.ancestry.com website