Chauncey Goodrich

Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759 – August 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator (1807 to 1813) and a representative (1795 to 1801).

[1] After studying law, he was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1781, practicing in Hartford.

[4] The Connecticut General Assembly elected him to the United States Senate to complete the term of Uriah Tracy, who died, and re-elected him to a full term.

He served in the Senate in the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Congresses from October 25, 1807, to May 1813.

[2] Goodrich died on August 18, 1815, in Hartford and was buried in Old North Cemetery.