Charles Goodyear (politician)

Charles Goodyear ( born April 26, 1804 in Cobleskill, New York, † April 9th, 1876 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1845-1847 and 1865-1867 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Goodyear was born about eight years before the outbreak of the British - American War in Cobleskill in Schoharie County. He attended the Hartwick Academy in Otsego County. In 1824 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1826 and then began practicing in Schoharie. He was appointed in February 1838 to the First Judge in Schoharie County - a position which he held until July 1847. During this time he sat 1840 in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1844 for the 29th Congress Goodyear was the 21st electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jeremiah E. Cary on March 4, 1845. He retired after March 3, 1847 from the Congress.

After his time he went to Congress in 1852 in Schoharie back to his work as a lawyer after, when he founded the Schoharie County Bank and its president.

In 1864 he was a candidate in the 14th Election District of New York for the 39th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1865, the successor of John VL Pruyn. Since he gave up for reelection in 1866, he retired after March 3 in 1867 from the Congress.

Then he worked as a lawyer again. In 1866 he was a delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives in Philadelphia and part of the 1868 Democratic National Convention in New York City. He went in 1869 to retire and moved to Charlottesville. There he held the post of judge at the Albemarle County Court on April 9, 1876, he died in Charlottesville and was then buried in the Maplewood Cemetery.