| LC control no. | n 91031747 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Goodhue, Benjamin, 1748-1814 |
| Birth date | 1748-09-20 |
| Death date | 1814-07-28 |
| Place of birth | Salem (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Salem (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard College (1636-1780) Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives Massachusetts. General Court. Senate Massachusetts. General Court. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Federal Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Shipowners Legislators Justices of the peace Merchants |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Essex Institute for Goodhue family. Papers, 1684-1858 (Benjamin Goodhue; 1748-1814; s. of Benjamin and Martha (Hardy) G.; of Salem, Mass.; married 1st: Frances Richie; 2nd: Anne Willard; shipowner; state senator, rep. to Gen'l Court; justice of the peace; U.S. rep. (1789-1795) and senator (1795-1800)) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Mar. 3, 2016 (Goodhue, Benjamin, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., September 20, 1748; graduated from Harvard College in 1766; merchant; member, State house of representatives 1780-1782; member, State senate 1783, 1786-1788; member of the State constitutional convention in 1779 and 1780; elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1789, until his resignation in June 1796; chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Fourth Congress); elected in 1796 as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Cabot; reelected and served from June 11, 1796, to November 8, 1800, when he resigned; died in Salem, Mass., on July 28, 1814; interment in Broad Street Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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