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William Osborne Goode
Member From: 1822 - 1853
- Birth Date: September 16, 1798 Birth Place:"Inglewood", Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Death Date: July 3, 1859
- Gender: Male Race: Caucasian, English
- Spouse: Sarah Bolling Tazewell(1820); Sarah Maria Massie (1829)
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- Education: College of William & Mary (graduated in 1819)
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- Occupation/Profession: Lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1821
- Additional Info: Speaker of the House, 1845-1846, resigned as Speaker on December 31, 1846
- Bio: Born at “Inglewood”, Mecklenburg County, Va., September 16, 1798. Died in Boydton, Va., July, 3, 1859. Buried on his estate, "Wheatland”, near Boydton, Va. William O. Goode of Mecklenburg County was the son of John Chesterfield and Lucy (Claiborne) Goode. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1819, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Boydton in 1821. He was a member of the House of Delegates, 1822-23, 1824-33, 1839-41, 1845-47 (resigned as Speaker December 31, 1846), 1852-53; the Constitutional Conventions of 1829 and 1850; and the U. S. House of Representatives, 184143, 1853-59, In 1820, he married firstly, in Goochland County, Va., Sarah Boiling Tazewell (died July 9, 1825 in her 22nd year), daughter of Littleton and Catherine (Boush-Nivison) Tazewell of Williamsburg. Secondly, he married, in 1829, Sarah Maria Massie (died April 14, 1844), daughter of Dr. Thomas and Lucy (Wailer) Massie.
- Other Notable Service and/or Elected Offices:
U.S. House of Representatives (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843 and March 4, 1853-July 3, 1859)
delegate to the Constitutional Conventions of 1829-1830 and 1850
unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1832
Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the District of Columbia (35th Congress)
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
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| 1822-1823 | Mecklenburg | Courts of Justice Register's Office |
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| 1824-1825 | Mecklenburg | Courts of Justice | |||
| 1825-1826 | Mecklenburg | Courts of Justice | |||
| 1826-1827 | Mecklenburg | Courts of Justice Finance Schools and Colleges |
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| 1827-1828 | Mecklenburg | Banks Courts of Justice Finance Schools and Colleges |
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| 1828-1829 | Mecklenburg | Finance Schools and Colleges |
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| 1829-1830 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Finance |
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| 1830-1831 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
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| 1831-1832 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Courts of Justice |
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| 1832-1833 | Mecklenburg | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
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| 1839 | Mecklenburg | Democrat | Public Libraries Schools and Colleges |
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| 1839-1840 | Mecklenburg | Democrat | Schools and Colleges (Chair) |
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| 1840-1841 | Mecklenburg | Democrat | Schools and Colleges (Chair) Banks Privileges and Elections |
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| 1845-1846 | Mecklenburg | Democrat | Speaker of the House | ||
| 1846-1847 | Mecklenburg | Democrat | Speaker of the House | ||
| 1852-1853 | Mecklenburg | Democrat | Finance (Chair) |
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