Английская Википедия:Chauncey Goodrich
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Redirect Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759Шаблон:Spaced ndashAugust 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator (1807 to 1813) and a representative (1795 to 1801).
Biography
Goodrich was born in Durham in the Connecticut Colony, the brother of Elizur Goodrich.[1] His father was Congregational minister Elizur Goodrich.[2] He graduated from Yale in 1776 and taught school afterward.[1] From 1779 to 1781, he taught at Yale.[1] After studying law, he was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1781, practicing in Hartford.[1]
Political career
He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1793 to 1794, when he was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress from the Second District of Connecticut.[1] He was re-elected to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1801. In the Sixth Congress, he served with his brother Elizur Goodrich.[1]
Returning to Connecticut, he resumed his law practice and was on the Governor's Council from 1802 to 1807,[1] simultaneously service as a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.[3] The Connecticut General Assembly elected him to the United States Senate to complete the term of Uriah Tracy, who died, and re-elected him to a full term.[1] On June 17, 1812, he voted against war with Britain, but the vote for war was 19 to 13.
He served in the Senate in the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Congresses from October 25, 1807 to May 1813.[1]
He elected Mayor of Hartford in 1812 and became Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. He held both offices until his death.[1] In 1814 and 1815, he was a Connecticut delegate to the Hartford Convention.[1]
Family
Goodrich was married to Mary Ann Wolcott, daughter of Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[2] His nephew Chauncey Allen Goodrich was the son-in-law of Noah Webster and edited his Dictionary after Webster's death.[2]
Death
Goodrich died on August 18, 1815, in Hartford and was buried in Old North Cemetery.[1]
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