Abe Goff
| Abe Goff | |
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c. 1947
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Compton White, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Compton White, Sr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Abe McGregor Goff December 21, 1899 Colfax, Washington |
| Died | November 23, 1984 (aged 84) Moscow, Idaho |
| Resting place | Moscow Cemetery Moscow, Idaho |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Letitia Richardson Goff (1892–1987) (m.1927–1984, his death) |
| Children | Timothy R. Goff (1932–72) Annie M. Goff (b. 1935) |
| Residence | Moscow, Idaho |
| Alma mater |
University of Idaho, LL.B. 1924 |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Army
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| Years of service | 1918 1941–1946 |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Battles/wars |
World War I (training), World War II |
Abe McGregor Goff (December 21, 1899 – November 23, 1984) was an attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, most notably as a one-term congressman from 1947 to 1949. He served in the U.S. Army in both world wars.
Goff was born and raised in Colfax, Washington, in the Palouse region, the fourth son of Herbert W. and Mary (Dorsey) Goff. After graduating from high school in 1918, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private and underwent preliminary officer training at the University of Idaho in Moscow during the last weeks of World War I. Discharged from the military in December, he entered the law school at the UI in January 1919 and graduated in 1924. He was also the center on the Vandal football team. and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. His older brothers attended Washington State college in nearby Pullman.
Goff commenced practice in Moscow the same year and was the prosecuting attorney for Latah County from 1926 to 1934. He also worked as a special lecturer at the UI law school from 1933 to 1941. In 1940, he was made president of the Idaho Bar Association. In 1941, Goff was elected to the state senate.
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