George Atlee Goodling (September 26, 1896 – October 17, 1982) was a Republican member of the

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Biography

George Atlee Goodling was born in

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. During the

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he served as a seaman, second class in the

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from March 1918 to December 1918. He received a B.S. from the

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in 1921. After graduation he was the operator of a fruit farm near Loganville, the director of a bank, motor club, and insurance company. Goodling served on the local school board. He served in the

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from 1943 to 1957. He was elected to Congress as a Republican in

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, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman James M. Quigley and served two terms. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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but was elected in

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for the first of four more terms ending in 1975 when he was succeeded by his son

William F. Goodling William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Res ...

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