William Goode (politician)
| William Osborne Goode | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Mecklenburg County | |
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In office 1852 – 1853 |
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| Preceded by | William Baskerville Edwin Williams |
| Succeeded by | John O. Knox |
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In office 1845 – 1846 Alongside Mark Alexander, Edwin Williams |
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In office 1838 – 1840 Alongside Alexander Dortch, William Baskerville, Francis Boyd |
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In office 1824 – 1832 Alongside Nathaniel Alexander, George Tarry, Samuel Lockett, Alexander Knox |
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In office 1822 Alongside George Rogers |
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| 21st Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office 1845 – December 31, 1846 |
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| Preceded by | Valentine W. Southall |
| Succeeded by | John Winston Jones |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district |
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In office March 4, 1853 – July 3, 1859 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas S. Bocock |
| Succeeded by | Roger Atkinson Pryor |
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In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | George Dromgoole |
| Succeeded by | Edmund W. Hubard |
| Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia | |
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In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1858 |
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| Preceded by | Orlando Ficklin |
| Succeeded by | Edward Dodd |
| Personal details | |
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September 16, 1798 Inglewood, Mecklenburg County, Virginia |
| Died | July 3, 1859 (aged 60) Boydton, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Whig (1838) |
| Occupation | lawyer |
William Osborne Goode (September 16, 1798 – July 3, 1859) was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Virginia.
Goode was born to John Chesterfield Goode and Lucy Claiborne Goode at their plantation "Inglewood" in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
Goode graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1819. He was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1821 and set up a legal practice in Boydton, Virginia.
Goode married twice. In 1820, while in law school, he married Sarah Bolling Tazewell of Williamsburg, Virginia. She died July 9, 1825, aged 22, after childbirth. In 1829 he married Sarah Maria Massie. They had several children together. She died April 14, 1844.
Goode served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1822–23. He was re-elected in 1824 and afterward, expecting to serve through the term ending 1833. He gave up his seat to make an unsuccessful 1832 run for the United States House of Representatives. During that time, he also was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829.
Goode was re-elected to the House of Delegates (1839–41). He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1840, serving from 1841-43. He was elected again to the Virginia House from 1845–47, and was elected as Speaker. He served as delegate to the second Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1850.
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