Member Biography

William T. Goodwin 

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1853       2 Democrat
1854       2 Democrat
1855       2 Democrat

COUNTIES: Philadelphia  


Biography

12/11/1822 - 12/11/1898


William T. Goodwin (D2) Philadelphia County 1853-1854 (D2) Philadelphia County (old county) 1855

Early Life:

William T. Goodwin, born December 11, 1822, Cumberland County, New Jersey; son of William and Huldah Townsend Goodwin; married, Rebecca Ann Nicholson Goodwin, 1845, children, Mary N. Serrill, Henry M. Goodwin, Casper A. Goodwin, Thomas Goodwin, Daniel N. Goodwin; engaged, confectioner business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1853-1854; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1855; died, December 11, 1898 (aged 76), interment, Salem Friends Burial Ground, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia County, 1853-1854.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia County (old county), 1855. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "G""Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

William T. Goodwin (1822-1898) - Find a Grave Memorial