Rufus K. Goodenow

Rufus King Goodenow ( born April 24, 1790 in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, † March 24, 1863 in Paris, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Rufus Goodenow was the older brother of Robert Goodenow (1800-1874), who was also of 1851-1853 the state of Maine in Congress. In 1802 Rufus Goodenow moved with his parents to Brownfield, Maine. There he enjoyed a modest education. Subsequently, he worked in agriculture and as a sailor. During the British - American War of 1812 Goodenow captain was an infantry unit of the U.S. Army. In 1821 he moved to Paris (Maine ); 1821-1837 he was usher in Oxford County. Later he himself studied law and worked after qualifying as a lawyer in this profession.

Politically, Goodenow member of the Whig party. In the years 1837 and 1838 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Maine. In 1839 he was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in Harrisburg, was nominated on the William H. Harrison as their presidential candidate. 1848 Goodenow was then in the fourth electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1849, the successor of Franklin Clark of the Democratic Party. Until March 3, 1851, he completed a term in Congress. There, as in the whole of the American nation, was then heated debate over slavery. It was also about the admission of new states and the question of whether there slavery should be allowed or prohibited. In this Zusaamenhang the Compromise of 1850 was negotiated, the U.S. Senator Henry Clay had worked.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Rufus Goodenow has had no further higher political office. He went back to his private affairs, and died on March 24, 1863 in Paris ( Maine).