Charles Goodell
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United States Senator from New York |
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In office September 10, 1968 – January 3, 1971 |
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| Appointed by | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Preceded by | Robert F. Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | James L. Buckley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 38th district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – September 9, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | Jessica M. Weis |
| Succeeded by | James F. Hastings |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 43rd district |
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In office May 26, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel A. Reed |
| Succeeded by | None (District eliminated) |
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Charles Ellsworth Goodell March 16, 1926 Jamestown, New York |
| Died | January 21, 1987 (aged 60) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Rice Goodell Patricia Goldman Goodell |
| Children | Roger Goodell |
Charles Ellsworth Goodell (March 16, 1926 – January 21, 1987) was a Republican U.S. Representative and a Senator from New York. In both cases he came into office following the deaths of his predecessors, first in a special election and second as a temporary appointee.
He was elected to four terms in Congress after winning his first race in 1960. He resigned on September 9, 1968, to accept an appointment by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to fill the vacancy caused by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Having earned the support of both the Republican and Liberal parties in 1970 he lost in a three-way race to a Conservative, having split the liberal vote with a similar leaning Democratic candidate.
Goodell was the father of National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Goodell was born in Jamestown, New York, the son of Francesca (née Bartlett) and Charles Ellsworth Goodell. He attended the public schools of Jamestown and graduated from Williams College (1948). He served in the United States Navy as a Seaman Second Class (1944–46) and in the United States Air Force as a First Lieutenant (1952–53) during the Korean War.
Goodell graduated from Yale Law School (1951) and received a graduate degree from Yale University Graduate School of Government (1952); he was a teacher at Quinnipiac College in New Haven, Connecticut (1952) as well. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar (1951), the New York bar (1954), and began his law practice in Jamestown.
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