10 Facts About Aaron Goodrich

Aaron Goodrich was an American lawyer, jurist and diplomat.

In 1815, the family moved to a farm in western New York state, where Aaron attended country school and read law books with enthusiasm.

Aaron Goodrich was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.

Aaron Goodrich was appointed as Chief Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court on March 19,1849, by President Zachary Taylor.

Aaron Goodrich presided over the first court session in Stillwater, Minnesota Territory, in August 1849, deciding 60 cases in six days.

Several prominent Minnesota attorneys demanded Aaron Goodrich be removed for "incompetency, unfitness and improprieties committed on and off the bench", in 1851.

Aaron Goodrich was a freemason, and in July 1849, became one of the founding members of the local Masonic Lodge.

Aaron Goodrich was a unionist, and anti-abolitionist, and a founding member of Minnesota Historical Society and Minnesota Republican Party.

At Seward's behest, Aaron Goodrich was appointed secretary of the United States legation in Brussels, Belgium, by President Lincoln in 1861, remaining there until 1869.

Aaron Goodrich died on 24 June 1887, and his body was interred at a graveyard in Genesee County, Michigan.