BENJAMIN GOODHUE

Goodhue, Benjamin (1748-1814), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., September 20, 1748; graduated from Harvard College in 1766; merchant; member, State house of representatives 1780-1782; member, State senate 1783, 1786-1788; member of the State constitutional convention in 1779 and 1780; elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1789, until his resignation in June 1796; chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Fourth Congress); elected in 1796 as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Cabot; reelected and served from June 11, 1796, to November 8, 1800, when he resigned; died in Salem, Mass., on July 28, 1814; interment in Broad Street Cemetery.
Parents:
Benjamin Goodhue 1707–1783
Martha Hardy 1710–1768
Spouse 1: Frances Richie 1750–1801
Marriage: 6 JAN 1775 Salem, Mass.
Children
Frances Goodhue 1778–1808
Sarah Goodhue 1780–1796
Mary Goodhue 1781–
Jonathon Goodhue 1783–1848
Benjamin Goodhue 1785–1814
Martha Hardy Goodhue 1787–
Stephen Goodhue 1789–1790
Hannah Goodhue 1791–1838
Spouse 2: Annie Willard 1763–
Marriage: 25 NOV 1804 Salem, Mass.
Children
Ann Willard Goodhue 1805–

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell