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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

Whig candidate lor governor in i860; died ii» Richmond, \'irginia, January 5, 1870.

Goodc, Samuel, born at "\\ hitby," Ches- terlicld county. \*irginia. March 21, 1756; completed preparatory studies; was a lieu- tenant in the Chesterfield troop of horse during the revolution, and later a colonel of militia: member of the \'irginia house of burgesses. 1779-17S3: elected to the sixth congress (March 4, 1799-March 3. 1801); died in Mecklenburg county. X'irginia. No- vember 14. 1822. He was a son of Col. Robert Goode and Sally Bland, his wife, daughier of Richard T.land. the celebrated statesman of the revolution.

Goode, WUliam Osborne, l;orn in Meck- lenburg county. X'irginia. September 16. 1798. .<on of John C. (loode. of "Ingle wood,"* ^lecklenburg county, and Lucy Claiborne, his wife: was graduated from William and Mary College in 1S19; studied law, and in 1 82 1 was admitted to the bar and began practice in Uoydion : served several years in the ht»use of delegates : elected as a Demo- crat to the twenty-seventh congress (March 4, iS4i-March 3. 1843) *» ^^^""^ served several terms as member of the house of delegates, and as speaker three terms; a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1850; elected to the thirty-third, thirty-fourth, tliirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses and served from March 4. 1853. ""^'^ ^^^^ death in Doydton. X'irginia. July 3, 1859.

Goodwin, Fetcrson, was born about 1745* in Dinwiddie county : completed preparatory studies; studied law and was admitted to the bar: elected to the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth congresses, and served from March

4v 1803, until his death, February 21, 1818. He was a son of Joseph Goodwin, of Din- widdie county.

Gordon, William Fitzhugh, born in Ger- manna, Orange county, X'irginia. January 13. 1787, grandson on the paternal side of John Gordon, of Lancaster county, Vir- ginia, who about 1727 came to America from Newry, county Down. Ireland, and his grandmother on the maternal side was a hrst cousin of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of X'irginia. and father of President XX'illiam Henry Harrison: Gen. Gordon removed in early life from Orange to Albemarle county, X'irginia: attended country schools: stud- ied law. was admitted to the bar. and prac- ticed in Charlottesville. X'irginia: was a member of the state general assembly from tb.at district at the time of the establishment of' the University of X'irginia, under the auspices of Mr. Jefferson, whom he ma- terially assisted in the legislative develop- ment of his plans; member of the state house of delegates. 1819-1831 : member of congress from X'irginia. 1829-1835. and sig- nalized his term of service by introducing, in 1834, the bill for the establishment of the independent treasury or sub-treasury sys- tem of the United States, which was passed without much opposition and has since re- mained among the Federal statutes prac- tically unchanged ; for many years a promi- nent figure in the Virginia militia, and at the time of his death held the commission of major-general. Crosby says of him : **In early life Gen. Gordon attained a high posi- tion in the state, and although he had not participated in the strife of politics for many years past, yet to the day of his death he was esteemed among the worthiest of the

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