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  Goff, Guy D.
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NameGuy D. Goff
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Clarksburg, West Virginia , United States
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Born September 13, 1866
DiedJanuary 07, 1933 (66 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifedRBH
May 22, 2018 01:54am
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Info(son of Nathan Goff and father of Louise Goff Reece)

Senator from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., September 13, 1866; attended the common schools and William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; graduated from Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio, in 1888 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1891; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; moved to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1893 and continued the practice of law; elected prosecuting attorney of Milwaukee County, Wis., in 1895; appointed by President William H. Taft as United States district attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin 1911-1915; appointed special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States 1917; during the First World War was commissioned a colonel in the Judge Advocate General�s Department, United States Army, and served in France and Germany in 1918 and 1919; appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as general counsel of the United States Shipping Board in 1920 and later became a member, serving until 1921; appointed an assistant to the Attorney General on several occasions between 1920-1923; returned to Clarksburg, W.Va., in 1923; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1925, to March 3, 1931; was not a candidate for renomination in 1930; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-first Congress); resided in Washington, D.C.; died at his winter home in Thomasville, Ga., January 7, 1933; interment in Arlington Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va.




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Daughter Louise Goff Reece 1898-1970
Father Nathan Goff 1843-1920

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  06/15/1928 US President - R Convention Lost 1.65% (-75.21%)
  06/01/1928 US President - R Primaries Lost 3.03% (-46.44%)
  11/04/1924 WV US Senate Won 50.92% (+3.19%)
  05/27/1924 WV US Senate - R Primary Won 45.36% (+25.67%)
  04/05/1904 Milwaukee Mayor Lost 30.30% (-10.18%)
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