George A. Goodling Explained

Image Name:George Atlee Goodling.jpg
State:Pennsylvania
District:19th
Term Start:January 3, 1967
Term End:January 3, 1975
Preceded:Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr.
Succeeded:Bill Goodling
Term Start2:January 3, 1961
Term End2:January 3, 1965
Preceded2:James M. Quigley
Succeeded2:Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr.
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term3:1943–1957
Birth Date:26 September 1896
Birth Place:Loganville, Pennsylvania
Death Place:York, Pennsylvania
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Pennsylvania State University

George Atlee Goodling (September 26, 1896 – October 17, 1982) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]

Biography

George Atlee Goodling was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania. During the First World War he served as a seaman, second class in the United States Navy from March 1918 to December 1918. He received a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1921.

After graduation he was the operator of a fruit farm near Loganville, the director of a bank, motor club, and insurance company. Goodling served on the local school board. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1943 to 1957.

He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1960, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman James M. Quigley and served two terms. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 but was elected in 1966 for the first of four more terms ending in 1975 when he was succeeded by his son William F. Goodling.

References

Retrieved on 2008-01-24

Notes and References

  1. http://www.house.state.pa.us/BMC/Bios/PDF/1351.PDF Pennsylvania House of Representatives-George Atlee Goodling