Mary Elizabeth Goodhue (née Brier; July 24, 1921 – March 24, 2004)[1] was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Early life

Mary was born on July 24, 1921, in London, England to American parents. She was a daughter of Ernest Brier, later of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a vice president of the Parke‐Davis Company, in 1948.[2] The family emigrated to the United States, and settled in New York City.[1]

She graduated B.A. from Vassar College in 1942, and LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1944.[1]

Career

She was admitted to the bar in 1945, and practiced law in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York.[3]

She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1978, sitting in the 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures.[1]

She was a member of the New York State Senate from 1979 to 1992, sitting in the 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th and 189th New York State Legislatures. In 1992, she ran for re-nomination, but was defeated in the Republican primary by George E. Pataki.[4]

Personal life

In 1962, she married Francis A. Goodhue III (1916–1990),[5] a son of F. Abott Goodhue (former president of the Bank of the Manhattan Company) and the Nora Forbes (née Thayer) Goodhue (a daughter of prominent ornithologist John Eliot Thayer[6] and direct descendant of Stephen Van Rensselaer IV).[7] Together, they were the parents of one son:

She died on March 24, 2004, in Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cooper, Michael (26 March 2004). "Mary B. Goodhue Is Dead at 82; A State Legislator for 18 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Brier--Goodhue". The New York Times. 16 April 1948. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ Who's Who in American Law (1977; pg. 201)
  4. ^ Upset by Pataki Leaves a Conservative Message by Tessa Melvin, in the New York Times on September 20, 1992
  5. ^ "Francis A. Goodhue Jr., Lawyer, 74". The New York Times. 14 September 1990. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ "JOHN ELIOT THAYER, ORNITHOLOGIST, DEAD; Collection of Birds, Believed to Largest on Continent, Housed in Mnseam He Donated". The New York Times. 23 July 1933. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 25. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Evelyn Cutler, F. A. Goodhue 3d. Will Be Married". The New York Times. 23 June 1974. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
New York State Assembly Preceded byPeter R. Biondo New York State Assembly 93rd District 1975–1978 Succeeded byJon S. Fossel New York State Senate Preceded byBernard G. Gordon New York State Senate 37th District 1979–1992 Succeeded byGeorge E. Pataki
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