Charles Goodell

 Charles Goodell facts

• (March 16, 1926 – January 21, 1987) was an American Congressman and a United States Senator from New York
• In both cases he came into office following the deaths of his predecessors, first in a special election and second as a temporary appointee
• He was elected to four full terms in Congress after winning his first race in 1959
• He resigned on September 9, 1968, to accept an appointment by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to fill the vacancy caused by the assassination of United States Senator Robert F
• Kennedy on June 5, 1968
• Having earned the support of both the Republican and Liberal parties in 1970, he lost in a three-way race to Conservative Party candidate James L
• Buckley, having split the liberal vote with Democratic Party candidate Richard Ottinger
• Goodell was the father of National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell