Alexander Taylor Goodwin (August 9, 1837 – July 3, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Biography

He was the son of Robert Morris Goodwin (1796–1861) and Elizabeth Ann (Taylor) Goodwin (1802–1882). He was born and attended private schools in Savannah. In 1852, the family removed to

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. In 1858, he began to study law in the office of Conkling & Throop in

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, was admitted to the bar in 1859, and practiced in Utica. On November 11, 1863, he married Mary Wager, daughter of State Senator

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(c.1804–1870), and they had three daughters two of whom died in infancy. In 1863, he was appointed as a clerk in the New York Adjutant General's office; and soon after commissioned as

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of the 45th Regiment of the National Guard. He was Recorder of the City of Utica from 1864 to 1868. He was a member of the

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(19th D.) in

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and

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. He was

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from 1890 to 1892; and a

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, voting for

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and Adlai E. Stevenson.

Personal life

Goodwin was an

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References

Sources

''Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York''
compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291)
''The State Government for 1879''
by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany NY, 1879; pg. 61)
''SWITCHED OFF FOR MURPHY''
in NYT on January 10, 1893
''The Goodwin Families in America''
(1899; pg. 113) {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Alexander T 1837 births 1899 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Mayors of Utica, New York New York (state) state court judges Politicians from Savannah, Georgia 1892 United States presidential electors Rutgers University alumni 19th-century American Episcopalians 19th-century American judges