Robert Goodenow

Robert Goodenow ( born April 19, 1800 in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, † May 15 1874 in Farmington, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Goodenow was the younger brother of Rufus K. Goodenow (1790-1863), who was also 1849-1851 for the state of Maine in Congress. In 1802 he moved with his parents to Brown Field ( Massachusetts) in present-day Maine. There and in Sanford, he attended the public schools. He then studied medicine. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1822 admitted to the bar he began in Wilton to work in his new profession. Between 1828 and 1834 he was district attorney. In 1832 he moved his residence and his practice to Farmington.

Politically, Goodenow member of the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1850 he was in the third electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1851, the successor of John Otis. Since he was not nominated for the next election in 1852 of his party, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1853. This was determined by the discussions on slavery prior to the Civil War.

In 1857, Goodenow was appointed Commissioner for the State Bank of Maine ( State Bank Commissioner). From 1866 to 1868 he was treasurer in Franklin County. Subsequently he served until 1870, once again as District Attorney. Between 1868 and 1874 Goodenow was treasurer of the Franklin County Savings Bank. He died on 15 May 1874 in Farmington and was also buried there.