Chauncey Goodrich

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Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759August 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator (1807 to 1813) and a representative (1795 to 1801).

Biography

Goodrich was born in Durham in the Connecticut Colony, the brother of Elizur Goodrich. His father was Congregational minister Elizur Goodrich.

He graduated from Yale in 1776 and taught school afterward. He was re-elected to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1801. In the Sixth Congress, he served with his brother Elizur Goodrich. The Connecticut General Assembly elected him to the United States Senate to complete the term of Uriah Tracy, who died, and re-elected him to a full term.