Benjamin Goodhue

Benjamin Goodhue ( born September 20, 1748 in Salem, Massachusetts, † July 28, 1814 ibid ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party), who represented the state of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress.

Born in Salem Benjamin Goodhue made ​​in 1766 graduated from Harvard College. Subsequently he worked as a merchant. Politically, he was active from 1780, when he was elected to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, where he remained until 1782. In 1783 and 1786-1788 he was in the State Senate. He also took part in the 1779 and 1780 Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts.

As a representative of his home state in 1788 Goodhue was elected to the first U.S. Congress. There he was a supporter of the pro- Administration Group, so was one of the proponents of government policy. Even the three subsequent meetings, he belonged to before he was resigning from office in June 1796 to move to the Senate. There took Goodhue, now a member of the Federalist Party, the place of the retiring George Cabot. He was again re-elected, then renounced but even on November 8, 1800 at its headquarters and retired from the Senate.