John M. Goodenow Explained

John Milton Goodenow
State:Ohio
District:11th
Term Start:March 4, 1829
Term End:April 9, 1830
Preceded:John C. Wright
Succeeded:Humphrey H. Leavitt
Office2:Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Term Start2:February 1, 1830
Term End2:May 7, 1830
Predecessor2:Gustavus Swan
Successor2:Henry Brush
State House3:Ohio
District3:Jefferson County
Term Start3:December 1, 1823
Term End3:December 5, 1824
Predecessor3:Jere H. Halleck, James Wilson, Samuel McNary
Successor3:William Hamilton, William Lowery
Alongside3:William Lowery
Party:Jacksonian
Birth Date: 1782
Birth Place:Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Death Place:Cincinnati, Ohio
Spouse:Jane Waters, Sarah Lucy Wright Campbell
Children:Lucy, Angela Jane, Lucia
Resting Place:Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati

John Milton Goodenow (1782July 20, 1838) was an American lawyer and politician who served one year as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1829 to 1830.

Biography

Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Goodenow attended the public schools.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1813.

Early political career

He was appointed collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the sixth collection district of Ohio in 1817.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1823.

He served the Freemasons as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1827.[1]

Congress

Goodenow was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829, until April 9, 1830, when he resigned, having been chosen a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He resigned in the summer of 1830 on account of ill health. He moved to Cincinnati in 1832.

An Ohio Presidential elector in 1832 for Andrew Jackson,[2] he was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas in 1833.

Death and burial

He died in Cincinnati, July 20, 1838.[3] He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

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Attribution

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Past Grand Masters - 1827 John Milton Goodenow . December 21, 2012 .
  2. [#taylor1899|Taylor 1899]
  3. Web site: John Milton Goodenow. The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System .
  4. Book: Winkler, John F. . The History of Ohio Law . The Legal Literature of Ohio . 506 . 2 . 2004. Ohio University Press . 0821415468.
  5. Goodenow, John M..