William Godshalk

William Godshalk ( born October 25, 1817 in East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, † February 6, 1891 in New Britain, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1818 came William Godshalk with his parents in the Bucks County. He attended the public schools of his new home and the Union Academy in Doylestown. He then completed an apprenticeship in the miller's trade. Since 1847 he worked in Doylestown as a miller. During the Civil War he served between October 1862 and July 1863 as a soldier in the army of the Union. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1864 he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate of Pennsylvania. From 1871 to 1876 he was an Associate Justice in Bucks County.

In the congressional elections of 1878 Godshalk was in the seventh election district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Isaac Newton Evans on March 4, 1879. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 two legislative sessions. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Godshalk again worked in the mill business. He died on February 6, 1891 in New Britain and was buried in Doylestown.