1. Charles Goodell was elected to four full terms in Congress after winning his first race in 1959.
15 Facts About Charles Goodell
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Charles Goodell resigned on September 9,1968, to accept an appointment by governor Nelson Rockefeller to fill the vacancy caused by the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy on June 5,1968.
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Charles Goodell attended the public schools of Jamestown and graduated from Williams College as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1948.
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Charles Goodell served in the United States Navy during the World War II era as a seaman second class and in the United States Air Force as a first lieutenant during the Korean War.
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Charles Goodell was a great-grandson of William Goodell, an abolitionist.
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Charles Goodell won a special election on May 26,1959 as a Republican to the 86th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel A Reed.
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In District 43, Goodell received 27,454 votes, with Democrat Robert E McCaffery receiving 14,250 votes.
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Charles Goodell was reelected in November 1960 to the 87th Congress and reelected three times thereafter.
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Charles Goodell opposed the 24th Amendment reluctantly, arguing on the floor before the vote that the amendment was deficient because it was limited to banning poll taxes for federal elections.
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Charles Goodell resigned on September 9,1968 to accept governor Nelson Rockefeller's appointment to the United States Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the assassination of United States Senator Robert F Kennedy on June 6,1968.
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Charles Goodell would be the last appointed senator from New York until 2009, when Kirsten Gillibrand was selected to replace Hillary Clinton, who had been appointed Secretary of State.
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Charles Goodell married Jean Rice, a former registered nurse, in 1954.
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Charles Goodell married Patricia Goldman, a congressional caucus director who later sat on the National Transportation Safety Board, in 1978.
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Charles Goodell was a resident of Washington, DC and Bronxville, New York, until his death of complications following a heart attack on January 21,1987.
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Charles Goodell was interred at Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown.