Political party Whig/Republican Governor John Albion Andrew Name John Goodrich | Preceded by Eliphalet Trask Role Politician Preceded by Julius Rockwell Succeeded by Hannibal Hamlin | |
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Preceded by District re-established Born September 27, 1804
Sheffield, Massachusetts ( 1804-09-27 ) Died April 19, 1885, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Preceded by James Scollay Whitney | ||
John Zacheus Goodrich was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts on September 27, 1804. He attended the common schools and Lenox Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and engaged in manufacturing.
Goodrich served in the Massachusetts State Senate, and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He was a member of the 1861 Peace Conference held in Washington, D.C.. He was elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1860 and served from January 1, 1861, until his resignation on March 29, 1861. He also served as the president of the Union Emigration Society, a group dedicated to organizing the North for political action.
Goodrich was appointed collector of customs at Boston on March 13 and served until March 11, 1865. He retired from public life and died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on April 19, 1885. His interment was in Stockbridge Cemetery.