Roy M. Goodman

Roy Matz Goodman (March 5, 1930 – June 3, 2014) was an American politician. He was born in New York City and was the grandson of Israel Matz, founder of the Ex-Lax company. Goodman received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1951 and a master's degree from the same education institution in business administration in 1953.

Goodman was the New York City Director of Finance under Mayor John Lindsay in 1966 and 1967 and Chairman of the New York Republican County Committee from 1981 until 2001.

He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1969 to 2002, sitting in the 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd and 194th New York State Legislatures. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Investigations, Taxation and Government Operations. He was considered a leader of the liberal Rockefeller wing of the New York State Republican Party. Goodman's supporters would sometimes refer to him as "The Statesman of the State Senate." One of Goodman's 1968 campaign posters was on display in a bar scene in the 23 June 2013 episode of Mad Men, entitled "In Care Of."

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