William Goode (politician)

William Goode

William Osborne Goode (born September 16, 1798 in Inglewood , Mecklenburg County , Virginia , †  July 3, 1859 in Boydton , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1859 he represented the state of Virginia twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Goode attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1819 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1821, he began to work in Boydton in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1822 and from 1824 to 1832 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . Between 1829 and 1830 he was a member of a delegation to revise the Virginia Constitution. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson . He became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him in 1828 . In 1832 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . Between 1839 and 1852 he was a member of the state parliament several times. He served as President of the House three times.

In the congressional elections of 1840 Goode was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Walter Coles on March 4, 1841 . Since he refused to run again in 1842, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1843. This period was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

In 1852, William Goode was re-elected to Congress in the fourth district of his state, where he replaced Thomas Stanley Bocock on March 4, 1853 . After three re-elections, he could remain in parliament until his death on July 3, 1859. This time was determined by the events leading up to the civil war . Since 1857 Goode was chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee .

Web links

• William Goode in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Goode in the database of Find a Grave (English)