Charles Goodyear (US politician)

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name=Charles Goodyear


state=New York
district=21st & 14th
term=1845 - 1847, 1865 - 1867
preceded=Jeremiah E. Cary, John Van S.L. Pruyn
succeeded=George A. Starkweather, John Van S.L. Pruyn
date of birth=April 261804
place of birth=Cobleskill, New York
date of death=may 11 2008
place of death=Charlottesville, Virginia
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party=Democrat|

Charles Goodyear (April 261804 - April 91876) was a United States Representative from New York.

Goodyear was born in Cobleskill, New York on April 261804. He attended the Hartwick Academy in Otsego County and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York in 1824. He studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Schoharie, New York. He was appointed first judge of Schoharie County in February 1838 and served until July 1847; member of the New York State Assembly in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 41845 - March 31847); continued the practice of law in Schoharie until 1852, when he established the Schoharie County Bank and served as its president; elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 41865 - March 31867); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphia in 1866 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1868; retired in 1869 and moved to Charlottesville, Virginia; served as judge of the Albemarle County Court; died in Charlottesville, VA, on April 91876; interment in Maplewood Cemetery.

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NAME=Goodyear, Charles
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American politician
DATE OF BIRTH=April 26, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH=Cobleskill (town), New York
DATE OF DEATH=April 9, 1876
PLACE OF DEATH=Charlottesville, Virginia