Biography

10/17/1807 - 03/13/1863

GOODMAN, James, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 17, 1807 in Philadelphia County, Pa.; B.A., University of Pennsylvania; colonel, 124^th Regiment, “Irish Volunteers,” Pennsylvania Militia (1841-1844); lawyer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1830-1831, 1831-1832 and 1833-1834; elected, solicitor, Kensington, Philadelphia County (1837-1840); elected, solicitor, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County (1845); elected, school director, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County (1852); died, March 13, 1863 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (defunct); removed to, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.