Appointed by Grover Cleveland Succeeded by John F. Dezendorf Preceded by Samuel F. Phillips Preceded by Gilbert C. Walker | Succeeded by George A. Jenks Name John Goode Preceded by James H. Platt, Jr. | |
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John Goode Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a Virginia Democratic politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War and then was a three-term postbellum United States Congressman. He was also the acting Solicitor General of the United States.
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- John goode performs for the lyric cafe 2
- Early and family life
- Civil War
- Congress
- Electoral history
- References
Early and family life
Goode was born in Bedford County, Virginia. He graduated from Emory & Henry College in 1848, studied law at Washington and Lee University School of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. That same year, he was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and in 1861 sat in the state convention that passed the Ordinance of Secession.
Civil War
With the impending dissolution of the United States in 1861, Goode was elected to the Virginia secession convention. With the affirmative vote and Virginia's subsequent secession, Goode was elected to both the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress, serving from February 22, 1862, until the end of the war, and during the recesses of that body acted as volunteer aide on the staff of Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early.
After the war, Goode resumed his law practice and again served in the state House of Delegates in 1866 and 1867. Like many high-ranking ex-Confederates, Goode had his civil rights restored under the provisions of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
In 1867, Goode moved to Norfolk and practiced law in Washington, D.C. Shortly after he moved to Norfolk, he was again elected to the Virginia legislature.
Congress
He was chosen to the Forty-fourth United States Congress as a Democrat, defeating former Vermonter and incumbent James H. Platt Jr. Goode was re-elected to the Forty-fifth United States Congress and the Forty-sixth United States Congress, serving from December 6, 1875, until March 3, 1881. He was Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor during his last two terms.
Goode was a member of the Democratic National Conventions of 1868 and 1872, and was a presidential elector in 1852, 1856, and 1884.
In May 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed Goode as the acting Solicitor General of the United States, and he retained the office until August 1886. During his term of service, he visited British Columbia to represent the United States in an extradition case.
He later served on the United States and Chilean Claims Commission and was President of the Virginia Bar Association. He also was President of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901 and 1902.
Goode died at the age of 80 in Norfolk and was buried in Longwood Cemetery in Bedford, Virginia. (see http://files.usgwarchives.org/va/bedford/cemeteries/longwood.txt)