Lemuel Goodell


Lemuel Goodell was a politician in Wisconsin.

Biography

Goodell was born on November 27, 1800 in Pomfret, Connecticut, the youngest of 12 children. He later moved to Stockbridge, Wisconsin. Goodell died on April 9, 1897.

Political career

Goodell was a delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention in 1846, representing Calumet County. After Wisconsin's admission to the union in 1848, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in the first session that same year. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate for 1849 and 1850.
He was a member of the Democratic Party.