John M. Goodenow

John Milton Goodenow (1782 – July 20, 1838) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

John Milton Goodenow
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1829 – April 9, 1830
Preceded byJohn C. Wright
Succeeded byHumphrey H. Leavitt
Supreme Court of Ohio
In office
February 1, 1830 – May 7, 1830
Preceded byGustavus Swan
Succeeded byHenry Brush
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Jefferson County district
In office
December 1, 1823 – December 5, 1824
Serving with William Lowery
Preceded byJere H. Halleck, James Wilson, Samuel McNary
Succeeded byWilliam Hamilton, William Lowery
Personal details
Born1782 (1782)
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
DiedJuly 20, 1838(1838-07-20) (aged 55–56)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Political partyJacksonian
Spouse(s)Jane Waters, Sarah Lucy Wright Campbell
ChildrenLucy, Angela Jane, Lucia

Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Goodenow attended the public schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1813. He was appointed collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the sixth collection district of Ohio in 1817. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1823.

He served the Freemasons as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1827.[1]

Goodenow was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829, until April 9, 1830, when he resigned, having been chosen a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He resigned in the summer of 1830 on account of ill health. He moved to Cincinnati in 1832.

An Ohio Presidential elector in 1832 for Andrew Jackson,[2] he was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas in 1833. He died in Cincinnati, July 20, 1838.[3] He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

Publications
  • Goodenow, John (1819). Historical Sketches of the Principles and Maxims of American Jurisprudence: In Contrast with the Doctrines of the English Common Law on the Subject of Crimes and Punishment. Steubenville, Ohio: James Wilson. OCLC 4343241. - "was the first important commentary on the status of the English common law in America",[4] and "is an important resource for legal historians studying the development of American jurisprudence.",[3] though only 100 copies were printed.[5]

Notes
  1. "Past Grand Masters - 1827 John Milton Goodenow". Grand Lodge of Ohio. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  2. Taylor 1899 : 193
  3. "John Milton Goodenow". The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System.
  4. Winkler, John F. (2004). "The Legal Literature of Ohio". The History of Ohio Law. 2. Ohio University Press. p. 506. ISBN 0821415468.
  5. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Goodenow, John M." . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

References
Attribution
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
John C. Wright		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th congressional district
1829–1830		 Succeeded by
Humphrey H. Leavitt
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