Leroy R. Goodrich

NAME, Years Elected to City Council

Leroy R. Goodrich was elected to City Council in 1923 and 1925 (?)

POLITICAL AFFILIATION

BIO

Goodrich in 1907, at Cornell¹Leroy Rosengren Goodrich was originally from Buffalo, New York. Goodrich attended Cornell University and graduated in 1908. He was active in debate and was elected Senior President in 1907.² He stayed active with his alma mater and was a member of the Cornell University Club of Northern California.³

Goodrich was the manager of the Frontier Press.⁴ He was admitted to the California Bar as an attorney in 1933.⁵  The 1940 Census stated that he and his family, including his wife Lena, daughter Jean, and his mother and father-in-law, lived at 6028 Broadway Terrace in Oakland.⁶

OTHER POSITIONS IN CITY GOVERNMENT

• Port Commissioner 1931-1937
• Served on the first ever board of the East Bay Regional Parks District, starting in 1934⁷

REFERENCES

1. "GOODRICH SENIOR PRESIDENT." The Cornell Daily Sun: Oct 17, 1907.
2. "Goodrich Senior President."
3. The Cornellian, Vol 46. 1915.
4. Census preview data on Ancestry.com
5. Polk Husted Directory. 1916.
6. State Bar of California -- Attorney Search results
7. East Bay Regional Parks promotional materials (note first name spelled LeRoy)