Frank Goodykoontz Explained

Frank M. Goodykoontz (16 April 1842 – 24 November 1898) was an American politician.

Goodykoontz was born in Anderson, Indiana on 16 April 1842. He and his parents moved to Waukon, Iowa, in 1856. He began practicing law aged 21, successively in Le Roy, Minnesota, Postville, Lime Springs, and Mason City, Iowa. Goodykoontz was elected to the Iowa Senate from Cerro Gordo County and assumed office as a Republican in January 1880, representing District 47 until his resignation in took effect in January 1882. Goodykoontz left Iowa for Chamberlain, South Dakota, where he continued the practice of law,^[1] and later settled in Mitchell. He was considered a potential Populist candidate for the 1897 United States Senate elections in South Dakota, which saw the reelection of incumbent James H. Kyle. Goodykoontz died in Mitchell on 24 November 1898.^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: [no title] ]. 27 March 2022 . Mitchell Capital . 3 September 1886 . For several days the trial of James Cooper vs. John Foote has been progressing, with Blanchard, of Mitchell, as referee, Dillon & Preston as attorneys for the plaintiff, and Frank Goodykoontz, of Chamberlain, and Foster of Alexandria, as attorneys for defendant. This morning the attorneys adjourned the case until September 13, to replenish their bottles, take in the Mitchell fair and also give their clients time to thresh their wheat. Last evening E. G. Smith, an attorney from Yankton, came up with blood in his eyes, on some legal business..
2. News: Senator Frank M. Goodykoontz . 27 March 2022 . Iowa General Assembly.