Henry C. Goodwin | |
State: | New York |
Term Start: | March 4, 1857 |
Term End: | March 3, 1859 |
Predecessor: | Andrew Z. McCarty |
Successor: | M. Lindley Lee |
Term Start2: | November 7, 1854 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1855 |
Predecessor2: | Gerrit Smith |
Successor2: | Andrew Z. McCarty |
Birth Name: | Henry Charles Goodwin |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1824 |
Birth Place: | DeRuyter, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hamilton, New York, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Madison Street Cemetery, Hamilton, New York, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Otherparty: | Whig |
Profession: | Politician, lawyer |
Henry Charles Goodwin (June 25, 1824 – November 12, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in DeRuyter, New York, Goodwin completed preparatory studies. He studied law with Aretmas V. Bentley, was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Hamilton, New York. He served as district attorney of Madison County from 1847 to 1850.
Goodwin was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gerrit Smith and served from November 7, 1854, to March 3, 1855. He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).
He resumed the practice of law and died in Hamilton on November 12, 1860. He was interred in Hamilton's Madison Street Cemetery.