Background
He was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts on September 27, 1804.
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John Zacheus Goodrich
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Education
He attended the common schools and Lenox Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and engaged in manufacturing.
Career
Goodrich served in the Massachusetts State Senate, and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He was elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1860 and served from January 1, 1861, until his resignation on March 29, 1861. He also served as the president of the Union Emigration Society, a group dedicated to organizing the North for political action.
Goodrich was appointed collector of customs at Boston on March 13 and served until March 11, 1865.
He retired from public life and died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on April 19, 1885. His interment was in Stockbridge Cemetery.
Politics
Republican Party, Whig Party.
Membership
He was a member of the 1861 Peace Conference held in Washington, District of Columbia
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Nationality
United States -
Political Party
Republican party