William L. Goggin

William L. Goggin

William Leftwich Goggin (born May 31, 1807 in Bunker Hill , Bedford County , Virginia , †  January 3, 1870 in Liberty , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1849 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

William Goggin attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Tucker's Law School in Winchester and his admission as a lawyer in 1828, he began to work in Liberty in this profession. He was also active in agriculture. He later embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . He served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1836 to 1837 . In the congressional election of 1838 Goggin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1839. After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1843 . In 1842 it was not confirmed.

After the resignation of the MP Thomas Walker Gilmer , Goggin was elected in the due by-election for the sixth seat of Virginia as his successor in the Congress, where he took up his mandate on April 25, 1844. By March 3, 1845 he ended the current legislative period. In the regular elections of 1844, he decided not to run again. In the elections of 1846 he was re-elected to Congress in the fifth constituency of Virginia to succeed Shelton Leake , where he served a final term between March 4, 1847 and March 3, 1849. This was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . During this time, Goggin was chairman of the Postal Committee. In 1848 he no longer ran.

In 1859, William Goggin applied unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Virginia. In 1861 he was a delegate at the assembly at which his state decided to leave the Union. During the civil war that followed, Goggin was captain of the Home Forces, which were part of the Confederate Army . After the war he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on January 3, 1870 on his Bedford County estate.

Web links

• William L. Goggin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William L. Goggin in the database of Find a Grave (English)