Benjamin Goodhue

Infobox Congressman
name =Benjamin Goodhue


imagesize =187px
state =Massachusetts
district =1st, 2nd & 10th
term_start =March 4, 1789
term_end =March 3, 1793 (2nd)
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 (1st)
March 4, 1795 – June 1796 (10th)
preceded =Fisher Ames (1st)
None preceded him as Representative for 2nd or 10th districts
succeeded =Dwight Foster, William Lyman, Theodore Sedgwick, Artemas Ward ("General Ticket")
order2 =United States Senator
from Massachusetts
term_start2 =June 11, 1796
term_end2 =November 8, 1800
predecessor2 =George Cabot
successor2 =Jonathan Mason
birth_date =September 20, 1748
birth_place =Salem, Massachusetts
death_date =July 28, 1814 (aged 65)
death_place =Salem, Massachusetts
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party =Federalist
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alma_mater =Harvard University
occupation =Merchant
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Benjamin Goodhue (September 20, 1748 – July 28, 1814) was a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts.

Goodhue was born in Salem, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1766. He worked as a merchant and became a member of the State house of representatives 1780-1782 and later a State senator in 1783 and 1786-1788. He was also a member of the State constitutional convention in 1779 and 1780. Goodhue was elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1789, until his resignation in June 1796. He was chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures in the Fourth United States Congress. He was elected in 1796 as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Cabot. He was reelected and served from June 11, 1796, to November 8, 1800, when he resigned. He died in Salem on July 28, 1814. He is buried in Broad Street Cemetery.

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