Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature
Skip Navigation Links
  • LRL Home
    • >
  • Legislators Past & Present
    • >
  • Member Record
    • Legislators Past & Present Home

    Goodrich, Daniel F. "D.F."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    Senate 1878 (District 6); Senate 1883-89 (District 5)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Faribault

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 11/13/1838 (uncertain)
    Birth Place: Maine
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 9/??/1889
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: D.F.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Blue Earth City
    Occupation (when first elected): Lawyer

    EDUCATION

    Colby University; College Graduate; 1859
    Studied Law; Admitted to the Bar, 1866

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: Union Army/Northern Army (United States Civil War, 1st Lieutenant); 186? to 186?

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Single
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    Toensing lists his birth year as 1836. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1889 lists 1838.

    He came to Minnesota in 1867 or 1868 and settled in Blue Earth City.

    He was listed as a Republican on the list of members posted after the 1877 election. ("The Next Legislature." St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 10, 1877)

    He died in Blue Earth City, Minnesota.

    Total Days Served: 2799

    SESSIONS SERVED

    26th Legislative Session (1889-1890) (second half of Senate term)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 05
    Elected: 11/2/1886
    Residence: Blue Earth City
    Term of Office: 1/4/1887 to 9/1/1889 (unfinished term)
    Counties Represented: Faribault
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Republican
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Insurance
    • Judiciary (Chair)
    Reason for unfinished term: Death
    Session Notes: He died while in office in September 1889. We don't know the exact date so the day in the term end date is uncertain.

    25th Legislative Session (1887-1888)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 05
    Elected: 11/2/1886
    Residence: Blue Earth City
    Term of Office: 1/4/1887 to 9/1/1889 (unfinished term)
    Counties Represented: Faribault
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Republican
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Insurance
    • Joint Taxes and Tax Laws (Chair)
    • Judiciary
    • Soldiers Home and Other Matters Pertaining to Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Special (Chair)
    • State Prison
    • Temperance Special
    Reason for unfinished term: Death
    Session Notes: He died while in office in September 1889. We don't know the exact date so the day in the term end date is uncertain.

    24th Legislative Session (1885-1886) (second half of Senate term)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 05
    Elected: 11/7/1882
    Residence: Blue Earth City
    Term of Office: 1/2/1883 to 1/3/1887
    Counties Represented: Faribault
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Judiciary
    • State Reform School
    • Towns and Counties (Chair)

    23rd Legislative Session (1883-1884)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 05
    Elected: 11/7/1882
    Residence: Blue Earth City
    Term of Office: 1/2/1883 to 1/3/1887
    Counties Represented: Faribault
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Corporations (Chair)
    • Judiciary
    • State Reform School
    Leadership Position: President Pro Tempore

    20th Legislative Session (1878)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 06
    Elected: 11/6/1877
    Residence: Blue Earth City
    Term of Office: 1/8/1878 to 1/6/1879
    Counties Represented: Faribault
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Republican Party Notes: He was listed as a Republican on the list of members posted after the 1877 election. ("The Next Legislature." St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 10, 1877)
    Committees:
    • Federal Relations (Chair)
    • Judiciary
    • Public Lands
    • Railroads
    • State Prison

    OTHER INFORMATION

    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

    Legislators Past & Present Home