John M. Goodenow
U.S. Congressperson
1782 – 1838
Who was John M. Goodenow?
John Milton Goodenow was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
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. 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.
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. Ohio Presidential elector in 1832 for Andrew Jackson. He was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas in 1833. He died in Cincinnati, July 20, 1838. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
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- Born
- 1782
Westmoreland - Also known as
- John Goodenow
- John Milton Goodenow
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- Died
- Jul 20, 1838
Cincinnati
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on July 23, 2013
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