Benjamin Goodhue was a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts.
13 Facts About Benjamin Goodhue
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Benjamin Goodhue supported the Patriot during the American Revolution, and was a strong member of the Federalist Party.
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Benjamin Goodhue was described by contemporaries as a leading member of the so-called Essex Junto, a group of Massachusetts Federalists, most of whom were from Essex County.
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Benjamin Goodhue was born in Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to Benjamin and Martha Goodue.
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Benjamin Goodhue's father was a blacksmith by trade, but later became a successful merchant.
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The younger Benjamin graduated from Harvard College in 1766 and joined his father in the merchant business.
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Benjamin Goodhue remained active as a merchant during the American Revolutionary War, and was a member of the state constitutional conventions of 1779 and 1780, the latter one producing the present Constitution of Massachusetts.
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Benjamin Goodhue was a supporter of the strong central government, and joined the Federalist Party when it was organized.
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Benjamin Goodhue was one of a number of prominent Federalists from Essex County that were described by John Hancock as the "Essex Junto".
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Benjamin Goodhue was one of two Congressmen who drafted the nation's first revenue code.
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Benjamin Goodhue served as chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures in the Fourth United States Congress.
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Benjamin Goodhue was elected in 1796 to the United States Senate, filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of George Cabot.
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Benjamin Goodhue was reelected and served from June 11,1796, to November 8,1800, when he resigned and retired from public service.