James William Good
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| James William Good | |
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| In office March 6, 1929 – November 18, 1929 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Dwight F. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Patrick J. Hurley |
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| Born | September 24, 1866 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | November 18, 1929 (aged 63) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician from the state of Iowa. He was a member of the United States Republican Party.
Good was born near Cedar Rapids, Iowa and studied at Coe College, graduating in 1892. He later studied at the University of Michigan Law School, and was a lawyer before entering politics. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1921, and was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 1917 to 1921. He was reelected to a seventh term in Congress in 1920, but resigned in June 1921. He practiced law in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1928 he 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 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., shortly after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (October 24 - October 29, 1929) which caused the Great Depression. He was succeeded by Undersecretary of War Patrick J. Hurley.
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| Preceded by Dwight F. Davis |
United States Secretary of War March 6, 1929 – November 18, 1929 |
Succeeded by Patrick J. Hurley |
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