Joseph A. Goulden

Joseph Aloysius Goulden (August 1, 1844 – May 3, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born on August 1, 1844 in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, he attended the schools of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Taneytown, Maryland, graduated from Eagleton Institute in Taneytown, and received his certification as a teacher when he was 18. Goulden was present when Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, and heard the speech in person.

Goulden served during the American Civil War as a member of the United States Marine Corps in 1864 and 1865. Goulden rose to the rank of Sergeant, and saw combat in battles including Drewry's Bluff, where the ship he was on received fire from the shore and he was wounded.

After the war Goulden was a teacher and principal at public and parochial schools in Emmitsburg, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia, and served as a member of the board of managers of Pennsylvania's state reformatory in Morganza, Pennsylvania. In 1870 he relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he established himself in the insurance business as a manager for Penn Mutual Life Insurance. From 1882 to 1886 he served on the military staff of Governor Robert E. Pattison with the rank of Colonel.

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