Joseph A. Goulden

Joseph Aloysius Goulden ( born August 1, 1844 in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, † May 3, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. He represented 1903-1911 and 1913-1915 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Aloysius Goulden was born about two years before the outbreak of the Mexican - American War in Littlestown in Adams County. He attended community schools. During the Civil War he served in the years 1864 and 1865 in the Marines. He was a member of the Board (Board of Managers ) of the State Reformatory ( reformatory ) in Morganza (Pennsylvania). Then he moved to New York City. He spent ten years as commissioner and trustee of public schools operate. Then sat on the Board (Board of Trustees ) for Soldiers ' Home in Bath. He was Secretary and a member of the New York City Commission, which established the Soldiers ' and Sailors the ' Monument on Riverside Drive. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1902 for the 58th Congress Goulden was in the 18th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John H. Ketcham on March 4, 1903. He was re-elected three times in a row. Since he gave up for reelection in 1910, he retired after March 3, 1911 from the Congress.

After his conference time he went to the insurance business in New York City.

In 1912 he was a candidate in the 23rd electoral district of New York for the 63rd Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1913, the successor of Henry S. De Forest. He was once again elected, but died before the end of the term of office on May 3, 1915 in Philadelphia. His body was then buried at St. Joseph 's Cemetery in Taneytown (Maryland).