Wells Goodykoontz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wells Goodykoontz

American politician

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1872

Place of Birth: Newbern, Virginia, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1944

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Wells Goodykoontz

  • Wells Goodykoontz (June 3, 1872 – March 2, 1944) was a Republican politician from the U.S.
  • state of West Virginia who served in the West Virginia Legislature representing Mingo County.
  • He was President of the West Virginia Senate from 1917 to 1919, and a Member of the U.S.
  • House of Representatives from the now-defunct 5th congressional district of West Virginia.
  • He served during the 66th and 67th United States Congresses. Congressman Goodykoontz was born near Newbern, Virginia in Pulaski County on June 3, 1872.
  • He was educated under private tutors and attended Oxford Academy at Floyd, Virginia as well as the law department of Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia.
  • He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and began practicing law at Williamson, West Virginia in 1894.
  • He also worked in banking. He served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1911 and 1912.
  • He then served as a member of the State Senate from 1914 to 1918.
  • He was President of the Senate and Lieutenant Governor (ex officio) from 1917 until December 1, 1918. He served as president of the West Virginia Bar Association in 1917 and 1918.
  • He chaired the central legal advisory board for West Virginia during the First World War.
  • In 1918, he won election as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress and in 1920, won re-election to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923).
  • His candidacy for re-election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress was unsuccessful.
  • He returned to his law practice and banking interests in Williamson as well as becoming a writer.
  • He died in Cincinnati on March 2, 1944.
  • He was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Williamson.

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