PRESIDENT HOOVER SECRETARY WAR CONGRESSMAN GRAND RAPIDS IA GOOD AUTOGRAPH SIGNED

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JAMES WILLIAM GOOD
(1866 – 1929)
50
th
UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF WAR APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT HOOVER and SERVED FROM MAR. 6, 1929 TILL HIS DEATH IN OFFICE ON NOV. 18, 1929,
US REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM IOWA 1909-1921
&
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA CITY ATTORNEY 1906-1908
In 1928 Good worked to elect Hoover, a fellow Iowa Republican, as President of the United States. When Hoover took office in March 1929, he appointed Good to be Secretary of War, and Good was soon confirmed by the United States Senate. He served in that position for only eight months until his sudden death from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix.
Good died in Washington, D.C. on November 18, 1929, shortly after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
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HERE’S A RARE AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY GOOD ON “
WAR DEPARTMENT
” CARD STOCK, DATED MAY 22, 1929, AS SECRETARY OF WAR, and SIGNED, IN FULL:
"I AM PLEASED TO ADD MY AUTOGRAPH TO YOUR COLLECTION. YOURS VERY TRULY
JAMES W. GOOD"
The document measures 5” x 3” and is in VF Condition
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE JAMES W. GOOD
James William Good
(September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an
American
politician from the state of
Iowa
, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President
Herbert Hoover
as
Secretary of War
. He was a member of the
Republican Party
.
Biography
James William Good was born near
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
, to Henry and Margaret Combs Good. He studied at
Coe College
, graduating in 1892. He later studied at
University of Michigan Law School
, graduating in 1893. He was
admitted to the bar
in 1893 and commenced practice in
Indianapolis, Indiana
, the same year. He married Lucy Deacon on October 4, 1894. They had two sons, James William, Jr. and Robert Edmund Good.
In 1896, Good returned to Cedar Rapids, where he continued to practice law. Good served as the Cedar Rapids City Attorney from 1906 to 1908.
Good was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
from 1909 to 1921, where he represented
Iowa's 5th congressional district
(then made up of Linn, Grundy, Benton, Marshall, Tama, Jones, and Cedar counties). He became chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee
in 1919, and continued to serve in that position until the end of his service. He was re-elected seven times, and never defeated. But soon after his fellow Republican,
Warren G. Harding
, was elected president in November 1920, Good disclosed that he would likely resign his seat in Congress and join a
Chicago, Illinois
law firm, once Good's plan to reorganize the budgetary process was adopted. Good resigned on June 10, 1921.
Republican
Cyrenus Cole
of Cedar Rapids won a special election to fill his vacancy, and was sworn in August 1, 1921.
In 1928 Good worked to elect
Herbert Hoover
, a fellow Iowa Republican, as President of the United States. When Hoover took office in March 1929, he appointed Good to be the
United States Secretary of War
and Good was soon confirmed by the
United States Senate
. He served in that position for eight months until his sudden death from
peritonitis
caused by a ruptured
appendix
.
He died in
Washington, D.C.
on November 18, 1929, shortly after the
Wall Street Crash of 1929
, at the beginning of the
Great Depression
. He was succeeded by the Under Secretary of War
Patrick J. Hurley
.
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