Charles Goodell was elected to four full terms in Congress after winning his first race in 1959.
12 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 United States 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 NY District 43, Goodell polled 27,454 votes to the Democrat Robert E McCaffery's 14,250 ballots.
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Charles Goodell was re-elected in November 1960 to the 87th Congress, and re-elected three times thereafter.
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Charles Goodell resigned on September 9,1968, to accept Governor Nelson A 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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Republican Senator Charles Goodell, who has sponsored forty-four major pieces of legislation in twenty-two months in the Senate.
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Charles Goodell would be the last appointed US Senator from New York until 2009, when Kirsten Gillibrand was selected to replace Hillary Clinton, who had been appointed Secretary of State by President Barack Obama.
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Charles Goodell was a resident of Washington, DC and Bronxville, New York, until his death on January 21,1987.