Biography

11/01/1839 - 11/13/1920

GOODHART, John B., a Representative from Berks County; born, November 1, 1839 in Berks County, Pa.; shoemaker; elected, city council, Reading; member, board of school controllers; assistant clerk, Orphans’ Court, Berks County; police officer, Reading; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1892; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1894); employed, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia (7 years); appointed, clerk, Register of Wills office, Berks County (3 years); election inspector, Reading, 5th ward; died, November 13, 1920 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.