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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJohn Goodchild DOW
(1905-2003)
DOW, John Goodchild, a
Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., May 6, 1905;
attended the public schools of Canton, Mass.; A.B., Harvard
College, Cambridge, Mass., 1927; M.A., Columbia University, New
York, N.Y., 1937; systems analyst for large corporations,
1929-1964; director of civil defense in Grand View, N.Y.,
1950-1964; chair, Zoning Board of Appeals, Grand View, N.Y., 1964;
unsuccessful candidate for the New York state legislature in 1954
and 1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the
succeeding Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1969); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection to the Ninety-first Congress in 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968; staff assistant,
United States Congress; elected to the Ninety-second Congress
(January 3, 1971-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; unsuccessful
candidate for election to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974;
assistant director, New York State comprehensive employment
training act program, 1976-1982; founder, Americans Against Nuclear
War, 1980; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the
Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; died on March 11, 2003, in Suffern,
N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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